Family Mistakenly Receives Seven Pounds of Pot in the Mail
Arlington package delivery prompts family to contact local police
Arlington package delivery prompts family to contact local police
On Wednesday, November 25, a parcel containing seven pounds of marijuana was delivered to a family in Arlington, Texas. As is common in such cases, authorities confirmed that although the street address on the package was correct, the name of the intended recipient on the address label did not match any of the home's residents. The Arlington Police Department posted a photo of the box on their Facebook page, announcing that inspectors from the United States Postal Service (USPS) would be conducting an investigation. The post read, in part:"Package being delivered to wrong person nets lots of drugs.
"Officers were notified by a resident that a package had been left at their front door. The name on the package didn't match the homeowner, even though the address did. To their dismay, when they opened the box, there was approximately [seven] pounds of marijuana inside. Not exactly the type of holiday gift they were expecting.
"They had just recently purchased the house and so they immediately notified police."
Christopher Cook, spokesperson for the Arlington PD, told the press that the family had opened the package in an attempt to secure a return address "when they saw a green leafy substance that smelled like marijuana - quite a bit of it." Thinking that they might be about to fall victim to a set-up, or perhaps something worse, the family contacted local authorities. A message from the page's admin later clarified that the Arlington Police would "be working with federal authorities to try and determine the origin of the package."
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