UPS Delivers 30-Pound Marijuana Brick To Wrong Address

DENTON, Texas — A man in Denton, Texas who was expecting a shipment of tools instead received a 30-pound brick of marijuana that police say is worth more than $10,000. Officer Ryan Grelle says the man opened the box Monday night, realized it contained drugs and contacted police.

The package from the Pharr area was handled by UPS in McAllen on Jan. 6. and apparently was intended for a Dallas address.

The Denton Record-Chronicle reports no such address exists in Dallas, so the package wound up 40 miles to the northwest at the similar address in Denton.

Comments

[BarefootSoul]

05:32 PM on 01/19/2009

thats like winning the lottery! can they forward one to me?

[AZ4thatone]

11:12 PM on 01/18/2009

Gives total new meaning to the term "junk mail".

[theoldadage]

08:18 PM on 01/18/2009

is that the new stimulus package for 09?

[munki]

08:13 PM on 01/18/2009

I wonder what is legal ramification of the Sender...? LOL...
Bet the receiver was surprised!
The story does not tell you who it was addressed to...
This can be an episode for "Law and Order"...

[andvoodoo2]

10:57 PM on 01/18/2009

The sender could be charged with distribution and various federal crimes for using interstate commerce to ship an illegal drug.

How ridiculous. The "war" on drugs is a failure. Legalize it.

[wagadog]

07:57 PM on 01/18/2009

"...destined for an address in Dallas."

...in the Preston Hollow area, perhaps?

This could be Pickles' stash, you know.

[harrymellon]

07:52 PM on 01/18/2009

Mexican Schwag

[sharonh]

06:19 PM on 01/18/2009

LW, I want to discuss this with you. It seems to me you want to stifle FS. We cannot judge what people should be allowed to, no matter how much if offends our sensibilities, IMO.

[CarlaDahlia]

05:02 PM on 01/18/2009

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[Agent420]

01:56 PM on 01/18/2009

I wish they had delivered it to me.

[jefered]

01:09 PM on 01/18/2009

Now let's see who has the b*lls to file their ups insurance claim for delivering to the wrong address...

[fiberoptimist]

01:02 PM on 01/18/2009

I think the full story said the guy drove the brick to the police station. Can you imagine if he got pulled over?

Officer: where are you going with that 30 lb. brick of Marijuana?
Man: oh, officer, it was mailed to me incorrectly, and I'm driving it to the police station.
Office: yeah right.

[Lakeshoredrlegend]

05:23 PM on 01/18/2009

LMAO! Oh yeah that would be classic Man. Thanx for the laugh, needed that

[jcollell]

12:54 PM on 01/18/2009

Nice try Dubya! Better luck next time :-D

http://www.youspar.com/

[inorbit]

12:32 PM on 01/18/2009

I bet it was supposed to go to Nancy Botwin's house.

[KillgoreTrout43]

07:31 PM on 01/18/2009

Who mailed it, Sanjay?

[zizyphus]

11:53 AM on 01/18/2009

Why am I not surprised? Cannabis is the Number One Cash Crop in America-surpassing all agricultural commodities- unbeknownst to us, as we go about our daily lives, jets, submarines, containers, semis, and vans are loaded with the herb, traveling all over the country, at any given time of day.

Just decriminalize it already! Repeal the prohibition against America's most benign recreational substance! Tax it, we need the revenues! Why keep all the profits in the hands of organized crime?

All keeping it illegal does is raise the price, inviting Mexican and Asian cartels to come up and plant in our national forests, and making it worth shooting people over.

[ColoradoDan]

04:00 PM on 01/18/2009

Good comments.

Parts of Yosemite, for example, are being ruined and dangerous and its going on all over the USA. By keeping this stuff illegal, we lose on so many levels and gain on none. It costs taxpayesr a fortune to keep it illegal while we make real criminals wealthy and powerful.

A dumb policy that needs to be changes asap.

[LeeVing]

11:39 AM on 01/18/2009

Question: If it came to the wrong address, why did he open it?

[ramblingjohnny]

11:15 PM on 01/18/2009

Do you always check your mails before you open it?