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Air Canada employee charged with stashing pot in suitcases
Published on April 9, 2026 by Pat Bulmer
Photo: Contributed An Air Canada employee has been charged with trying to smuggle 66 kilograms of cannabis out of the country by filling up two suitcases and then tagging them to unsuspecting passengers.
On Feb. 19, RCMP officers were called to Toronto’s Pearson Airport after Canada Border Services Agency staff discovered approximately 33 kilograms of cannabis in checked bags of two German citizens.
The two passengers didn’t actually check in any luggage for their flight home. They were travelling separately and didn’t know each other.
RCMP officers arrested both. They co-operated with police and were released without charges.
An investigation discovered an Air Canada employee working in the baggage room had placed tags with the passengers’ names onto two identical suitcases that had been filled with cannabis.
On March 12, police arrested and charged Atasha Weathley, a 32-year-old from Mississauga.
Weathley was released with conditions and is slated to appear in court again on April 10.
Border services officers also seized 37.5 kg of cannabis recently at the Montreal-Trudeau airport.
The luggage was headed to France and discovered by a detector dog. A Portuguese citizen was arrested. See a video here.
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