Plane Allegedly Lands At Port Columbus With 500 Pounds Of Marijuana

Tuesday,  June 15, 2010 6:30 PM

Updated: Wednesday,  June 16, 2010 7:29 AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Federal agents said they arrested the possible heir to a family fortune, after allegedly finding hundreds of pounds of marijuana in her luggage, moments after a private jet landed at Port Columbus International Airport.

Lisette Lee was arrested by federal Drug Enforcement Agency officials Monday night, 10TV's Kevin Landers reported.

Lee, 28, is from Beverly Hills. When she was flying from California, officials said they noticed she was traveling with a large amount of luggage. 

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The DEA in California tipped off officials in Columbus. When the plane landed, agents were waiting as luggage, containing more than 500 pounds of marijuana, was loaded into three waiting vans, Landers reported.

The DEA said the plane was carrying 13 bags of luggage.

"A very sizable quantity of marijuana," said U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Fred Alverson. "The investigation is now looking into where this marijuana was supposed to go."

Lee told government agents she had no idea she was transporting drugs when she flew back and forth from Los Angeles to Columbus, but agents said they found cocaine and marijuana in her bag, along with a ledger that showed profits in excess of $300,000, Landers reported.

"She told investigators she was coming here to meet a boyfriend," Alverson said.

Officials said they are trying to confirm information that Lee is an heir to the Samsung electronics fortune.

Agents said she told them her family has several multi-million dollar businesses.

Lee arrived on a chartered Gulf Stream jet that cost $50,000 roundtrip, Landers reported. 

She was being held without bond.