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