$100,000 Bologna: Cops Nab Man For Kilo Of Cocaine Stuffed In Lunch Meat (PHOTO, MUGSHOT)

Associated Press: HOLYOKE, Mass. — A Massachusetts man was arrested after a kilogram of cocaine hidden inside a hollowed-out chunk of bologna was delivered to his home. Holyoke police said they were tipped off by postal inspectors in Puerto Rico who had been investigating similar shipments. A dog confirmed the presence of drugs and the bologna was cut open.

The meat was then repackaged and an undercover postal inspector delivered it to a Holyoke address at about 4:45 p.m. Thursday. A woman sitting on the front steps signed for it.

Police then executed a search warrant and arrested a 30-year-old man on a cocaine trafficking charge.

Police said the cocaine had a street value of $100,000. The investigation is ongoing.

An official reveals a package containing a kilogram of cocaine hidden inside a hollowed out chunk of bologna. (AP Photo/Holyoke Police Department) This Aug. 26, 2010 booking photo released by the Holyoke, Mass., police shows Juan Rodriguez, arrested when he received a package shipped from Puerto Rico to his Holyoke home that contained a kilogram of cocaine hidden inside a chunk of bologna. (AP Photo/Holyoke Police Department)

Comments

[johnnygoodwud]

10:36 PM on 09/06/2010

often the people selling the drugs, will make a deal with the cops. they turn you in, get a reward, and are able to keep the cash from the sale. win-win for the seller, not so much for the buyer.

[dbrett480]

06:38 PM on 09/05/2010

People keep trying new ways to fool the dogs but it never seems to work.

[CristineN]

11:18 AM on 09/03/2010

A meat substance is NOT a good idea for avoiding dogs sniffing, so glad criminals are dumb, less drugs on the streets, good work postal inspectors.

[Athena Marie]

10:42 PM on 09/01/2010

That picture is clearly Salami. Clearly. Don't people know there lunch meats...sheesh America. Maybe dumb-butt would of gotten away with it..if he actually used bologna...ahh the possibilities.

[ebroadcast]

02:42 PM on 09/03/2010

I was going say that bologna looked a little fatty to me. Def not Oscar Mayer

[vesaversa1]

02:28 PM on 09/01/2010

I really dough from the look of the package that there were a 100 grams in that lunch meat .

[StarWarsHippie]

01:53 PM on 09/01/2010

$100 a gram? Not likely. They always inflate the value so it sounds more dramatic.

[ontariogirl]

01:08 PM on 09/01/2010

And here I thought bologna was a cheap lunch meat. Well color me surprised.

[ontariogirl]

01:06 PM on 09/01/2010

Holyoke.............LOL!!!!!!

[Manutdtifosi]

01:41 AM on 09/01/2010

Doesn't this guy know bologna is bad for your heart?

[imusintheevening]

01:22 AM on 09/01/2010

DELIrious?

[stewajf]

11:20 PM on 08/31/2010

I'll have coke, I mean a coke with my bologna sandwich.

[MountainDweller]

10:03 PM on 08/31/2010

My bologna has a first name...

[ebroadcast]

02:44 PM on 09/03/2010

... its C-O-C ... my bologna has a second name its A-I-N-E. I love to snort it every day, and if you ask me why I'll saaaaay!

[rikster]

09:21 PM on 08/31/2010

sound like a lot of baloney to me...

[martywombacher]

07:46 PM on 08/31/2010

Hey, that's Paris Hilton's lunch.

[LMPE]

05:02 PM on 08/31/2010

This gives "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "My Bologna" (a parody of "My Sharona") a whole new meaning!