FedEx Ground delivers Green

[namdoogwerdna]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25545497/&GT1=43001

updated 6:11 p.m. ET, Sat., July. 5, 2008

BALTIMORE - FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Florida to Baltimore via the shipping company.

Police tell The (Baltimore) Sun they learned about the shipment when it was delivered Tuesday to the wrong resident.

Authorities posed as FedEx employees and arrested the shipment's intended recipient, 30-year-old Richard Gwatidzo.

Officials say he was charged Thursday with possession of a large quantity of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute along with other drug related charges.

Police say they also seized eight other FedEx boxes with nearly 400 pounds of the drug.

Authorities are trying to determine the sender's identity.

My bad if it's a repost. I guess that old Mitch Hedberg joke was true.

[97TurboDSM]

i'd be pissed at fedex if they got me caught cause they cant read an address. **** is funny though

[italianblaze]

How did they know? What was in it if its the wrong address aren't they not aloud to open it if its not addressed to them?

[james_ls]

"I love the UPS man, becuase hes a drug dealer; and he doesn't even know it."

[twastheglow]

Just awesome!

[SpEcRv9]

"I love the UPS man, becuase hes a drug dealer; and he doesn't even know it."

lulz....."maybe i shouldnt have done that joke, it could get me in trouble...**** it..."

[den9]

How did they know? What was in it if its the wrong address aren't they not aloud to open it if its not addressed to them?

i wanna know how they couldnt smell it

[omgjacki]

i wanna know how they couldnt smell it

That's the first thing I thought of. Especially that much of it.

[twastheglow]

It's funny...when I first read the thread title, I thought it was some new environmentally conscious initiative they had. But I guess I was wrong...or was I? lol

[omgjacki]

It's funny...when I first read the thread title, I thought it was some new environmentally conscious initiative they had. But I guess I was wrong...or was I? lol

I did, too. I thought I was going to be reading an article about how FedEx decided to put their drivers on bicycles. :eek:

[garrettej8]

I work at UPS and this one guy that worked with the air containers said people hide the smell of weed with coffee beans.

[Action Park]

93
200 pounds of bud shipped would be bricked and vacuum sealed. The smell would'nt be too much of an issue due to the vacuum sealing and the fact that smell is more dependant on area rather than mass.(edit- yes packing w/ coffee beans is common^^)
At the terminal I work at, another worker was telling me that a few years ago, a box emitting the ever familiar smell bust open to reveal a half grown plant! Ya gotta be an idiot to ship that and trust that it would'nt get damaged! But yeah, if a package of drugs is put together well with smell precautions taken, it is easy and safe for the sender to ship drugs through fedex and ups nationally.
93 93/93

[namdoogwerdna]

How did they know? What was in it if its the wrong address aren't they not aloud to open it if its not addressed to them?

they can do whatever they want if it is left on their property

[240sxDann]

AND THEY REPORTED IT?! WTF!!!!!!!!! I'da kept that in a minute haha. "oh thank you sir...very..very much"

[Renegade_]

What you mean the joke is true? I've known this for years... how do you think they get cali bud over here? Drive it?

[italianblaze]

they can do whatever they want if it is left on their property

i dont think so if its closed and has someone else adress on it ?

[namdoogwerdna]

idk, thats what i remember being told. i work for a ups store ill call the ups manager guy and see what the rules are lol

[99SL2_Modder]

Setting aside the other boxes seized at his place:

How could they charge him with possession? He never got the shipment! :p

Druggies are retarded.

[420sx]

Druggies are retarded.

Thats because the not retarded ones dont get caught!

[drew]

i dont think so if its closed and has someone else adress on it ?

if it's USPS it's a federal crime to open someone elses mail


i think UPS and DHL are an exception because they're not federal agencies