Police arrested a man at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport trying to smuggle $3 million worth of drugs to Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Atlanta Police Department, along with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, wrote in a Facebook post that Vance Ray Randolph was taken into custody after being caught with THC-extracted products and marijuana in his luggage.
According to the police department, Randolph had 12.35 lbs of THC wax, 34.39 lbs of hashish, 4.6 lbs of marijuana, and 1.21 lbs of pasty marijuana in his suitcase. Officials said the estimated street value of it was $2.97 million and was 50 pounds.
Atlanta airport cops just seized nearly $3M worth of weed products from a passenger headed to Brazil. Over 50 lbs of THC wax, hash, and more were stuffed in his luggage.
— Everything Georgia (@GAFollowers) July 13, 2025
Vance Randolph is an influncer. Welcome to Hartsfield-Jackson. pic.twitter.com/gk2BvA9FjJ
Randolph was taken into custody and transported to the Clayton County Jail on narcotics violation charges.
This isn’t the first time smugglers have been caught trying to sneak drugs through U.S. airports. At San Francisco International Airport, an Australian woman was arrested after authorities found 44 pounds of meth hidden in her luggage. She reportedly received up to $10,000 to transport the drugs to Brisbane and initially claimed she was unaware of what she was carrying.
At Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), another man tried to check in bags containing more than 71 pounds of meth-soaked clothing, including a cow-print pajama onesie. Security flagged the luggage during screening. LAX has increasingly become a hotspot for drug trafficking, with cartels taking advantage of the airport’s massive daily baggage flow to smuggle narcotics undetected.
