Check out how they busted this guy. Not sure if it was darknet related or not but thought it was interesting.

Police arrest Baton Rouge couple accused of running drug operation

Here's the link with a video also Wafb

Apr 17, 2015 05:30 PM

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office narcotics agents arrested a couple accused of dealing drug from home on Paducah Court just off of George O'Neal Road.

Detectives charged Robin and Henrietta Mercer with possession of a firearm with a controlled dangerous substance, possession of schedule II drugs and possession with the Intent to Distribute marijuana, Xanabars and Schedule II drugs .

EBR agents credit an alert postal worker who they say noticed something suspicious about a number of packages addressed to the suspects' next door neighbor. A K9 detection dog was brought to the post office off of Coursey and detected the presence of narcotics after surveying a set of packages.

Investigators then set up a sting operation and had the suspected drugs delivered to the mailbox in question. According to the report, they observed Robin Mercer retrieve the packages containing the drugs.

Agents say the couple had asked to borrow the neighbor's mailbox in order to have marijuana delivered.

"You know a lot of times this is just the tip of the iceberg," said Casey Hicks, spokesperson with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office. "It's what they had at the time, but when we think these people are out there dealing with these drugs what we can do is not only get the drugs off the streets but get the dealers off the street as well."

The sheriff's office claims it seized 8 lbs. of marijuana, $5,328, plastic bags with 1,084 "xanabars," ecstasy, various pain pills and several guns.

The couple has since bonded out of East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.


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[24 Points] p710gav:

"xanabars"


[4 Points] FapNowPayLater:

The couple has since bonded out of East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

lucky for them.

that place is darker and scarier than Zambizi


[3 Points] Theeconomist1:

This is good stuff. Yeah I wonder if this is DNM related. I don't know of any vendors that ship out of that area, but you never know. So I had also replied to someone's reply and curious what the thinking is (I hate that you can't rely on a journalist's use of English these days). When I first read the article I thought it was saying that suspicions were aroused b/c they were sending a lot of packs and USPS got suspicious. Upon a second reading, I realized that this may not be the case - it says that the postal worker "noticed something suspicious about a number of packages" (emphasis mine). The way the sentence reads is that there was at least one pack that had something about it that aroused suspicions. In other words, it wasn't the volume of packs received but rather at least one had something suspicious about it. At least that's the way its written. I know that we can't rely on a journalist phrasing things correctly these days so they could certainly actually mean that they simply got a shitload of packs, but as written, this isn't the case. At least one pack was poorly stealthed. Its an important distinction - to us at least. People often ask if the number of packs they get is suspicious (honestly, either way I imagine you've gotta be getting A LOT to even register on radar). BUT, it goes to show that it just takes ONE pack to undo you.

I also believe there is more to the story. They could very well have been tipped off. This couple involved their neighbor - in fact, it seems like the neighbor KNEW they were getting marijuana. It also goes to show that doing funky things to get your pack doesn't insulate you. People often talk about shipping to vacant homes, using previous tenant's names, etc. So I think its one of two things - one pack the couple got was very poorly stealthed (odor, leakage, etc) and the employee reported it. Interestingly it implies that they did let the suspicious packs go through. OR, the cops got a tip and monitored the mail stream. This couple used their neighbor's house - why in the hell? I'd like to think that vendor's wouldn't make this kind of mistake. Wrong on many levels but mainly involving someone else. I'll have to keep track of this story, very interesting but I think there is way more to it how it was discovered.


[2 Points] None:

It could also be parallel construction.

Possible that LE used some other method they don't want to talk about and used the "suspicious postman" as an alternative mechanism.


[1 Points] bowlingin45:

I wonder how many packages were delivered until it was suspicious. 30-50?


[1 Points] radium_fire:

oh man the guns really gonna top off the charges.