Botched FedEx Delivery Leads To Marijuana Bust
Reporting
Adam May
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ― A big surprise awaited a Baltimore man. He was expecting a delivery of medical supplies. Instead, he found a lot of marijuana.
The FedEx package that was supposed to be dropped off at an empty house on Belair Road was accidentally left at a home a few streets away, and as Adam May reports it's sparking a massive marijuana smuggling investigation.
"The day the package came I was home, and I heard the FedEx man going up the steps, and I thought, wow that package is heavy because I heard it going boom, boom, boom," said Kim.
The woman, afraid for her safety, says she was amazed to find out her neighbor got 198 pounds of marijuana. That neighbor called police.
The Belair Edison home owner says he knew what it was right away when he opened the box because he could smell it. There was 198 pounds of marijuana.
He also says the reason he called police right away was because he didn't want trouble. Now he's concerned about his safety, and it turns out it's for good reason.
"A gentleman came back to the home that night, was kicking and banging. I guess looking for what was delivered," said Kim. "You know, it made me scared."
Thankfully that man left. Days later, police arrested a suspect during a fake FedEx drop after tracking down the intended recipien.
"We posed as FedEx employees, and when he signed it and tried to go to a nearby car with the parcel, he was under arrest," said an official.
"Detectives feel we might be touching the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this," said an official.
The shipping company has no known involvement. Their old advertising slogan, "Relax - It's FedEx" probably doesn't apply to other smugglers still at large.
The shipments were coming from south Florida.
Over the last few days, city police have tracked down more than half a million dollars of marijuana sent to Baltimore from this same unknown sender.
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Adam May
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ― A big surprise awaited a Baltimore man. He was expecting a delivery of medical supplies. Instead, he found a lot of marijuana.
The FedEx package that was supposed to be dropped off at an empty house on Belair Road was accidentally left at a home a few streets away, and as Adam May reports it's sparking a massive marijuana smuggling investigation.
"The day the package came I was home, and I heard the FedEx man going up the steps, and I thought, wow that package is heavy because I heard it going boom, boom, boom," said Kim.
The woman, afraid for her safety, says she was amazed to find out her neighbor got 198 pounds of marijuana. That neighbor called police.
The Belair Edison home owner says he knew what it was right away when he opened the box because he could smell it. There was 198 pounds of marijuana.
He also says the reason he called police right away was because he didn't want trouble. Now he's concerned about his safety, and it turns out it's for good reason.
"A gentleman came back to the home that night, was kicking and banging. I guess looking for what was delivered," said Kim. "You know, it made me scared."
Thankfully that man left. Days later, police arrested a suspect during a fake FedEx drop after tracking down the intended recipien.
"We posed as FedEx employees, and when he signed it and tried to go to a nearby car with the parcel, he was under arrest," said an official.
"Detectives feel we might be touching the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this," said an official.
The shipping company has no known involvement. Their old advertising slogan, "Relax - It's FedEx" probably doesn't apply to other smugglers still at large.
The shipments were coming from south Florida.
Over the last few days, city police have tracked down more than half a million dollars of marijuana sent to Baltimore from this same unknown sender.
(© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
