DOUG CC TEST JAN 17 - 1

THE HOMETOWN CELEBRATION AFTER

HE GOES NUMBER ONE IN THE DRAFT.

>>> TONIGHT ARRESTED AT AT

AIRPORT. NBC 5 INVESTIGATES LEARNED U.S.

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECT

AGENTS AND AIRPORT POLICE ARE

BUSTING PASSENGERS FOR CARRYING

CBD OIL IN THEIR

BAG. WE DISCOVERED

HAPPENING AGAIN AND

AGAIN. THE CBD INDUSTRY, OF THOSE

ARRESTS SHOULD NOT

HAPPEN. IF YOU FLY WITH CBD OIL AT DFW,

YOU COULD END UP IN

JAIL. U.S. CUSTOMS AND

OFFICERS ARE STOPPING PASSENGERS WITH CBD

THEN CALLING IT AN

AIRPORT POLICE WHO'LL MAKE ARRESTS SOMETIMES ON FELONY

CHARGES. AT THE NATION'S BUSIEST AIRPORT,

CUSTOM PROTECTION AND AGENTS

REPORTING A RISE IN CBD OILS FOUND IN PASSENGERS' BAGS. >> THE LAST SIX MONTHS THE INCREASE AND THE RATE FOR

THAT IS

SKYROCKETED. WE TAGGED ALONG WITH CUSTOM

OFFICERS ONE DAY AND IT WAS

MINUTES BEFORE WE SAW A

PASSENGER

DETAINED. THEY PULLED A MAN ASIDE AFTER A

DRUG DOG DETECTED SOMETHING IN

HIS

BACKPACK. A SEARCH TURNED UP A

CARTRIDGE FOR E-CIGARETTES.

THC IS FOUND IN CBD OILS IN

LEVEL SO LOW

EXPERTS SAY IT COULD NOT MAKE

YOU HIGH. IT IS MADE FROM LOW HEMP PLANT,

NOT MARIJUANA.

>> ONE SINGLE INCIDENT, ONE

SINGLE SMALL AMOUNT OF CBD OIL

THAT YOU

THOUGHT COOL TO TAKE ON A TRIP WITH YOU COULD RESULT IN

LIVE CHANGING EFFECT.

NBC

5 INVESTIGATES DETAILING SOME OF THOSE CASES, INCLUDING

22-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT FROM

COLIN COUNTY CAUGHT AFTER

OFFICERS CONDUCTING A RANDOM BAG

CHECK.

A 71-YEAR-OLD

MAN WHO SAYS THE OFFICER FOUND IN HER BAG WAS CBD

OIL AS SHE USED ON PAIN

RELIEF. SHE WAS BOOKED ON FELONY

CHARGES. >> I HEARD MULTIPLICATIONS.

ATTORNEY MILLER

ARRESTED ONE PASSENGER ARRESTED AT DFW.

MILLER ARGUES CUSTOMS AND BORDER

PROTECTION HAS

NO RIGHT TO DETAIN PASSENGERS WITH CBD.

>> FEDERAL LAW IS VERY CLEAR

AND WHEN A CUSTOM OFFICIAL

PULLS SOMEONE OVER FOR

THIS, HE OR SHE IS AK CTING IN THE WRONG.

THE FARM BILL SIGNS INTO LAW

LAST YEAR MAKES IT LEGAL FOR

CBD PRODUCTS MADE FROM HEMP.

I AM HOPEFUL THAT THEY CAN

USE THEIR RESOURCES AND TIME ON

THINGS THAT ACTUALLY HURT

PEOPLE. >> A SPOKESPERSON TELLING US CBD

OIL IS CONSIDERED A CONTROLLED

SUBSTANCE UNDER U.S.

FEDERAL LAW, TRAVELERS FOUND

IN POSSESSION OF

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES CAN FACE ARREST

SEIZURES OR PENALTIES.

IN TEXAS, STATE LAW IN

CBD IS MURKY.

IN THE MEANTIME

SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

WILL ARREST AND PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR

CARRYING IT.

IT COULD LAND THEM IN JAIL

DEPENDING ON THE CITY

IN STATE FOR CARRYING CBD

OILS. >> THE HEAD OF CUSTOMS

ENFORCEMENT AT DFW HAS A

WARNING FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS,

URGING THEM TO LEAVE CBD AT

HOME AND NOT IN THEIR SUITCASE.

>> IF I CAN BE

CAN ACID DID, DON'T DO IT. IT IS NOT WORTH IT. >> OFFICERS WILL NOTIFY POLICE

IF THEY FIND CBD OIL DURING

PASSENGER SCREENING.

CUSTOM OFFICIALS SAY CRUISE SHIP

PASSENGERS WHERE CBD

COULD BE STOPPED OR PEOPLE DRIVING

INTO THE U.S. OR FROM

MEXICO. >> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE ARE

ARRESTED? >> THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED

FORMALLY BY THE D.A.'S

OFFICE. THE OFFICE WILL PROSECUTE CBD

CASES BUT IT DID NOT

DEVOTE A LOT OF RESOURCES OF