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UNITED AIRLINES STAFF AT SFO CHARGED WITH STEALING MARIJUANA

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Two United Airlines employees have been charged by the Justice Department for
stealing marijuana from passengers for years… and I’m a bit confused.

In this post:

 * United Airlines rampers stole marijuana from checked bags
 * Who are these people checking bags of marijuana?!
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UNITED AIRLINES RAMPERS STOLE MARIJUANA FROM CHECKED BAGS

The Justice Department has charged two United Airlines employees with conspiracy
to distribute a controlled substance. This wasn’t just a one-off thing, but
rather this was a scheme that went on for quite some time, and they’re believed
to have stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of marijuana.

According to prosecutors, this dates back to at least 2020:

 * Two men were the leaders in this scheme, and enlisted the help of at least
   three airport workers to steal cannabis from checked bags; these people would
   be paid $2,000 per shift for their help, adding up to $10,000 per week (or
   sometimes even more, if they found especially large quantities)
 * The cannabis would be loaded into 15-20 gallon trash bags, and would then be
   put in the personal vehicles at the end of shifts
 * On June 8, 2021, the two men were robbed at gunpoint in the employee parking
   lot at SFO, near their vehicles; they reported this robbery to law
   enforcement, but conveniently left out that they had a huge amount of
   marijuana
 * When police investigated and reviewed security footage, it showed the
   employees moving black trash bags out of the secure area, which aroused
   suspicion
 * Accomplices of the two men were confronted in October 2022, when they were
   carrying vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana that weighed a total of 30 pounds

You’ve gotta love how they decided to report to the police that they were robbed
in the parking lot while carrying large amounts of marijuana. I mean, you might
as well turn yourself in, at that point.



I should also mention that while marijuana is legal in California, it’s still
not legal on a federal level. So while it’s legal to have marijuana on you in
California for personal use, you can’t possess it with the intent to distribute,
and you also can’t travel between states with it (Delta-8, on the other hand…).

United baggage handlers were involved in this scheme


WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE CHECKING BAGS OF MARIJUANA?!

There are some key details about this story that are missing, and which confuse
me:

 * Are there that many people checking bags with huge quantities of marijuana in
   them? The volume would need to be there for this scheme to make sense, given
   that people were reportedly being paid $2,000 per day to participate, and
   it’s not like marijuana is as expensive as cocaine on a per gram basis
 * How did the baggage handlers figure out which bags had marijuana? Did they
   have a reason to believe certain bags had marijuana, or did they basically
   just go through every bag?
 * How can baggage handlers just walk out of the secure area and to their car
   with big trash bags, without anyone batting an eyelid?

I find this story to be really intriguing, I just feel like there’s something
major I’m missing here. Are there just randomly that many checked bags departing
California with tens of pounds of marijuana?!

Do so many checked bags at SFO have marijuana?!


BOTTOM LINE

Two United Airlines employees have been charged in a marijuana theft scheme,
whereby they worked with others to steal marijuana from checked bags. They
reportedly paid people up to $2,000 per day for participating in this scheme.
Funny enough, this was all uncovered after they reported that they were robbed
in the parking lot, while conveniently leaving out that they had a bunch of
marijuana.

Are people checking bags with huge quantities of marijuana so consistently that
this makes sense, or what am I missing?

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 1. Eskimo Guest
    June 18, 2023, 3:26 pm
    
    Did somebody say "Delta"-8?
    
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 2. Alex Guest
    June 18, 2023, 3:08 pm
    
    My first thought is that this is an explanation to save face that they never
    caught the distributors who were actually checking these bags, but it was
    intentional handoffs rather than actual theft.
    
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    1. Andrew Diamond
       June 18, 2023, 3:19 pm
       
       I agree with you, but I have no idea how you could check a bag and not
       show up on at least 10 video cameras in SFO.
       
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Eskimo Guest
June 18, 2023, 3:26 pm

Did somebody say "Delta"-8?

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Andrew Diamond
June 18, 2023, 3:19 pm

I agree with you, but I have no idea how you could check a bag and not show up
on at least 10 video cameras in SFO.

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Alex Guest
June 18, 2023, 3:08 pm

My first thought is that this is an explanation to save face that they never
caught the distributors who were actually checking these bags, but it was
intentional handoffs rather than actual theft.

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