Some early Feb 2016 news articles on controlled deliveries of US drug packages

The most interesting first. This one from Athens, Alabama, USA:

Athens man accused of shipping 10 pounds pot

Posted: Thursday, February 4, 2016 11:07 am

An Athens man accused of shipping 10 pounds of marijuana through the mail has been charged with trafficking marijuana and other drug charges, records show.

Special agents with the State Bureau of Investigation's Narcotics Unit, in conjunction with U.S. postal inspectors, arrested Justin Dominique Houston, 25, of [ADDRESS REDACTED], on charges of trafficking, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia (first offense), according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

According to the complaint filed in Limestone County District Court by Agent Brian McGhee, **postal inspectors had identified several suspicious packages they believed might contain drugs. One of the packages was a brown cardboard box addressed to Jace Williams at [SAME ADDRESS REDACTED] in Athens.

By looking through a hole in the box, which was said to have occurred in the postal service transport system, inspectors saw a leafy, green substance wrapped in clear plastic, according to the complaint. An inspector was sent to make a controlled delivery of the package to the address. A man later identified as Houston collected the package from the inspector signed the name Jace Williams and returned inside the home. A quantity of methamphetamine was also found at the home.

Houston was arrested and taken to the Limestone County Jail, where bail is set at $6,000 on the lesser charges. Bail had not yet been set on the trafficking charge.

"Our narcotics agents work tirelessly with local and federal partners to combat the narcotics trade in Alabama," Secretary of Law Enforcement Spencer Collier said in a press release. "They are a vital part of ALEA (the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency) and I hope appropriators recognize their mission, and public safety as a whole, is essential and must be funded."

Oh yeah! I'm sure the report did mention the hole in the box was caused incidentally via postal service transport system. And that's because what really happened was they somehow became suspicious of this package and they made a hole in it to find out if they could see anything illegal. To vendors: secure your packages against this! You need extra protection / opaque packaging inside the package. The product should not be visible even if the box were to come open!

The rest of the stories are mostly too sanitized by incompetent writers to tell us anything of use but I include them for your entertainment.

Perryville, Missouri, USA:

Charges filed in meth-by-mail case

Friday, February 5, 2016

Southeast Missourian

Charges and an arrest warrant have been filed against the man who was set to receive a pound of methamphetamine through the mail Jan. 22 in Perryville, Missouri.

Richard Frank Militzer, 48, of Perryville has been charged with felony intent to distribute a controlled substance, three counts of felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

Militzer was still at large Thursday.

A federal drug-enforcement agent contacted Perryville police about a parcel containing a pound of methamphetamine seized with a search warrant by a U.S. Postal Inspectors officer headed to [ADDRESS REDACTED] in Perryville on Jan. 21, according to a probable-cause report by Perryville police Lt. Jon Lanier.

At 2 p.m. Jan. 22, officers executed a search warrant at [SAME ADDRESS REDACTED], which is Militzer's residence, the report stated.

Officers found Valium, Adderall, Xanax and partially smoked marijuana, the report stated.

Militzer told officers he knew methamphetamine was arriving in the package, the report stated.

Militzer's bond is set at $15,000 cash or surety.

Militzer cooperated with officers in the arrest of Jeffrey Alan Bay, 55, of Bonne Terre, Missouri, who had planned to meet Militzer and receive the methamphetamine, according to a probable-cause statement by the Perry County Sheriff's Department.

Perry County Sheriff Gary Schaaf said there could be federal charges in the case.

More about ^ that story, mostly about catching the other guy who apparently arranged the shipment here: Man charged after meth package intercepted

Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA:

ISP And U.S. Postal Inspectors Seize 21 Pounds Of Marijuana

Updated February 3, 2016 7:30 AM | Filed under: Crime

(FORT WAYNE) - In the past 24 hours, law enforcement officers from the Indiana State Police and the United States Postal Inspection Service have seized seven parcels, mailed from California and destined to five different residents in Fort Wayne.

The packages contained a total of 21 pounds of marijuana.

Tuesday, law enforcement officers visited numerous residences and places of business in an attempt to further the ongoing investigation.

No arrests have been made, but the investigation is on-going.

Indiana State Police Trooper Christopher Davis and his canine partner Duke assisted with the identification of suspect parcels containing the controlled substances.

"The mission of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is to support and protect the U.S. Postal Service and its employees, infrastructure, and customers; enforce the laws that defend the nation's mail system from illegal or dangerous use; and ensure public trust in the mail," says Postal Inspector Andrew Gottfried,

Hartford, Connecticut, USA:

2 Arrests After Cocaine Package Interception in Mail in Hartford

Published at 1:58 PM EST on Feb 1, 2016

Police arrested a man and woman after a controlled cocaine delivery operation and a 9-month-old in the home of the suspects at the time of the arrest is now in state Department of Children and Family Services custody.

Felix Gonzalez-Adorno, 31, of Hartford, and Alexandria Fernandez, 35, of Hartford are facing narcotics charges.

Special Operations Group members, Hartford Police Department Vice Narcotics Unit and the United States Postal Inspectors Office helped the Department of Homeland Security execute a controlled delivery of 300 grams, or 11 ounces, of powder cocaine, police said.

Hartford police and U.S. postal inspectors intercepted a parcel containing cocaine in two plastic bags before its scheduled delivery. A man and woman at the address on the package received the package, so police arrested them and seized the drugs.

The man, identified as Gonzalez-Adorno, grew combative during the arrest, but police were able to take him into custody after a brief struggle.

Police found a 9-month-old baby inside the home while the arrested Gonzalez-Adorno and the woman and turned the infant over to DCF custody.

Police charged Gonzalez-Adorno with possession of narcotics, possession with intent to sell narcotics and interfering with police. Fernandez was charged with possession of narcotics and possession with intent to sell narcotics.

Simultaneously, law enforcement made an arrest in a related scheduled delivery in West Hartford, seizing an additional 210 grams of cocaine, police said.


Comments


[5 Points] Derrick4Real:

You weren't exaggerating when you mentioned they were incompetent writers...sheesh.

Police arrested a man and a woman after a controlled canine delivery

Wait...did the postal inspector deliver a police dog to the names on the package? Then they got arrested...smh


[4 Points] CocaineNose:

Not sure how someone can think pounds of anything is fine. I don't think i've ever ordered more than a zip of weed or over an 8ball of coke.


[2 Points] trash6666:

That middle story about the meth is interesting.. the main guy knew he was being followed..either that or hes just really sketch about meeting for packages.. good read though.. Im glad they post detailed stories about how they make these bust so we know the tricks ;)


[1 Points] None:

Getting mass quantities of blow, meth, heroin, weed, etc., just seems stupid to me. I wouldn't ever risk that. Never. Ever. Don't feel like going to prison.


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[1 Points] y_s_l_:

Ok, moral of the story is: keep a clean house, make sure the vendor has visual barriers around the drugs (MBBs), and don't order massive bulk of drugs all at once.

Interesting that these are all domestic though, seems most CDs have happened from international bulk orders.


[1 Points] None:

15k cash of surety for a pound of meth through the mail. Dude is ratting on someone for sure.