Two travelers headed out of Miami International Airport wound up in handcuffs instead of in São Paulo after officers said they uncovered nearly 60 pounds of hashish tucked into checked luggage bound for Brazil.
Mekhi Jordon Goodlow, 23, of Los Angeles, and Lucia April Puertas, 24, of Tampa, were arrested Friday night on cannabis trafficking charges, according to NBC 6 South Florida. Authorities said the pair were stopped at the gate before they could board their flight to São Paulo.
Investigators reported that two suitcases checked under Puertas’ name caught officers’ attention after giving off a strong odor. An inspection turned up several vacuum-sealed packages filled with a pasty substance that field-tested positive for hashish, with a total weight of 27.19 kilograms, just under 60 pounds, according to the arrest report cited in initial coverage…