United Airlines workers allegedly made $10K a week stealing marijuana from luggage

At the San Francisco International Airport, two United Airlines cargo agents hatched a years-long scheme to steal marijuana from passengers’ luggage and profited as much as $10,000 per week selling the stolen marijuana, the feds said.

Joel Lamont Dunn is said to be the mastermind and Adrian Webb is his “right-hand man” behind the bold operation that involved other cargo agents at the airport, per the criminal complaint filed with the US District Court of Northern California on June 9.

An informant who had “knowledge of the conspiracy to steal marijuana” was working alongside Dunn and Webb as a ramp cargo agent when the alleged scheme was devised in 2020, said federal agents.

The informant informed the agents that Dunn approached them “to assist with stealing marijuana from checked baggage” at SFO.

According to the criminal complaint, the informant was paid around $2,000 in cash per shift “or more if large quantities were taken that day,”.

It is not known who was transporting such large quantities of marijuana through airport security.

Both Dunn and Webb have been charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, they have been released on bail. Court records show that Dunn’s bail was set at $75,000 and Webb’s at $50,00.

At this time no trial date has been set.