This was no laughing matter.
A Texas stoner flashed a mischievous grin after a staggering 75 pounds of pot were discovered stuffed inside his luggage at a Florida airport, according to authorities.
Harrison O’Neill Tiernan, 23, was cuffed on Saturday at Miami International Airport on a cannabis trafficking charge after unsuccessfully checking in for his flight to London, according to an arrest report obtained by NBC Miami.
As the pothead was set to board his London Heathrow Airport-bound flight, US Customs and Border Protection officers stopped him.
They discovered 65 vacuum-sealed packages containing “green leafy” substances in the two bags Tiernan, of Austin, had checked for his British Airways flight — that were later confirmed as marijuana, the report said.
The alleged trafficker acknowledged that he had checked the two drug-filled bags, court documents said.
In total, a whopping 74.98 pounds of marijuana were packed in the suitcases, authorities confirmed in the report.
The Department of Homeland Security turned the case over to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office since the amount of pot did not meet “the federal threshold,” NBC Miami reported.
CBP had been conducting sweeps at the Miami airport due to a “high trend of narcotics being smuggled outbound from USA,” the documents added, per the outlet.
Tiernan was booked into jail, where his mugshot showed him flashing a nonchalant grin.
He appeared in court on Sunday and was ordered held on a $20,000 bond. Tiernan will have to wear a GPS monitor if he is released from custody.
