[PSA/Article]Checking your local postal inspector

I was talking to a friend today who ships in bulk... They told me that prior to shipping to a new addy they order a few bags of hemp, potpourri, and benzocaine to the address to see if the postal inspector pays a lot of attention and to help get an idea if there are dogs in the local sorting office. Also said they've sent letters after leaving them sit in a bag of weed for a few days to test.

The logic?

  1. Dogs hit on big bags of hemp seed/hemp fiber like its marijuana. Same with the scent-soaked envelopes.
  2. Potpourri looks kinda like weed on an XRay
  3. Dogs hit on benzocaine like its cocaine, and on an XRay, its just a strange bag of white powder.
  4. The more legit packages a postal inspector searches, the harder it is to justify searching your stuff in the future.

My guys claim to do this 4-5 times, then they open the floodgate and catch a few pounds at the tested addy as long as all the packages arrive undamaged, on time, ect. Then they burn the addy after testing a new one.

Figured you guys might like to hear about it. Something Id never thought of doing.


Comments


[37 Points] Therealfed1:

not the worst idea ive heard on here


[15 Points] None:

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[10 Points] Eriksreality:

Soon they will figure out this method and all they will do is play along until the real deal comes through.These tactics are similar to what Mexican drug smugglers use. They contaminate a few cars,send the loaded car in between the dry run cars,dog alerts to decoy, while the real shipment is right behind. What US Customs does is to activate the "stop all 10 cars behind alarm" and do a search on all of them.


[3 Points] netw0rkpenguin:

If your 'friend' gets bored of selling drugs he may have a future doing threat assessments.


[2 Points] ChewyTheSheep:

Postal inspector? When I see posts like these and the ones saying "you have to use the actual name that goes with the address" I'm just happy I don't live in the US. It seems the Post Office in that country is some sort of subdivision of the police or something.


[1 Points] ehhwahatt2:

Cool advice though sending yourself a package that reeks of weed maybe isnt the smartest idea... I mean why would someones pakaging smell like that unless maybe they were testing the waters. Could backfire. Also how do you tell if they opened your box to inspect your potpourri, is there some sort of covert tamper detection thing you can use?


[1 Points] noonehear:

My local post inspector loves both anal and DP. What do?


[1 Points] noonehear:

I frisk my postal delivery person for weapons before they can deliver my mail.


[1 Points] MrCrappy57:

All things considered, I honestly think it would be best if vendors started using FedEx and Ups more. I know there is some thinking that they can open packages/don't need a warrant etc. but honestly isn't it better to use a service that is most concerned about getting packages to destinations and doesn't have their own branch of federal law enforcement?