OK so (in theory) this is actually a pretty serious situation and I want to know what you guys think. It's a long read but it's all relevant info. Please put on your reasonable caps with me.
I'm a vendor and I make about $30K a month gross. Some of the things I sell aren't directly illegal but you wouldn't want to be caught selling them as narcotics. I believe that if some of my products were to be seized, there would be no legal repercussions for me because of the nature of the wares and the current legal environment.
My OPSEC is fine on the sale/distribution end except that I use my real name and ship to a 3rd party mail facility for receiving products from China which are not scheduled. Why would I use a drop for (supposedly) perfectly legal substances, right? I find using a drop to be significantly more risky given the nature of the compounds and I don't want to lose the product due to some mix up. Also, I don't even use drugs myself (at this phase in my life) so nothing illegal is in my home (in the extremely small chance that a search would be conducted). I find my entire operation to be fairly low risk.
A series of events have happened which leads me to believe that I need to vacate the game immediately:
China instituted a ban on a ton of chemical compounds in early October 2015.
In conjunction with that, the DEA did a sweep of a major International --> US mail hub for packages coming from China. 2a. The DEA claims they already arrested a number of people (thus concluding the operation) and I watched the video of them going through packages. But, I'm not sure that the operation is actually over. I originally assumed that I was not caught up in this sweep since I import pseudo-legal compounds from China. The DEA wouldn't be interested in me, right? I thought they just had a hard-on for methylone, etc. But, one of the packages in the video looks almost identical to something I get so they could have pulled one of my packs after profiling the supplier.
I had a large-ish number of packages coming in and now they are all in limbo (4-5 packs). It's the longest I've seen any of my packages stuck in limbo on tracking without an update (checked with VPN + public wifi, not home internet, etc). I'm getting the feeling that customs is holding my mail.
I'm not a paranoid person but I'm vigilant after an earlier life encounter of being robbed at gun point and also being caught up in a drug ring sweep. I escaped without being charged because they never caught me with drugs in my possession. They screwed the pooch on that one. This leads to point 5.
Last week, I am almost positive that I scoped someone following me. I don't drive my 2 cars often so I'm usually walking. The same person followed my exact path for 10 minutes. This includes a stop I made in a public restroom (deviating from a usual walking path for people in my area). When I came out of the restroom, there was no one around except for that one person and they were just leaning against a wall checking their phone. As soon as I walked past them, they put their phone down and started following me again (15-30 second lag behind). I made 3-4 abrupt stops during my walk (seemingly to check my phone or look in my purse etc) and each time the person would walk past me BUT they would then stop too. They wouldn't start walking again UNTIL I walked past them. This person didn't look like LE to me but then again you never know.
Finally, this is going to sound goofy but I read horoscopes sometimes. I read one the other day that essentially said "Pay attention to the warning signs." Or something like that. That really made me think that the fates are giving me a chance to NOT get locked up like a fool.
So here I am. I'm getting ready to dump $100K of merchandise in a public trash can and talk to my expensive lawyer I have on retainer. Or, should I just bury this shit in the woods in a plastic container and let it sit down there for a few months?
OR...Am I overreacting here? I don't use drugs (at this phase in my life) so I'm not tweaking on meth or something. Thanks for reading and let me know your thoughts on this situation.
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