Is There A Seattle-To-Nashville Plane-Based Pot Pipeline?

NASHVILLE, TN -- It appears there may be a Seattle-to-Nashville pot pipeline after another man was arrested with marijuana in his baggage at the airport in nearly identical circumstances to an incident earlier this week.

Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Seattle alerted Nashville airport detectives that someone had checked two bags on an Alaska Airlines flight but did not board the plane.

Once the plane landed at BNA, detectives say they saw Willie James Wilson, 50, stand near the luggage carousel and pick up the orphan baggage. Officers approached Wilson, telling him a K-9 had detected drugs in the bags and Wilson allowed a search, according to an affidavit.

Inside the bags: 40 pounds of marijuana in 40 vacuum-sealed bags. Wilson reportedly told detectives he was paid $1,500 to pick up the bags. He is charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Earlier this week, a 27-year-old man reportedly admitted to being a "marijuana courier" after police found 25 pounds of pot in 25 vacuum-sealed bags in his luggage, also on a Seattle-to-Nashville Alaska Airlines flight.

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