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Friday, November 13, 2009

Life / Drugs Some Folks Have All the Luck

Posted by David Schmader on Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:16 PM

This just in from my lucky, lucky sister-in-law Ronda:

Today at the studio we received a box with 17 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA in it! Turns out the package originated in AZ and someone used our UPS acct number and mailing address to send to NY. The receiver refused the box so it was "returned" to us...even though we, of course, did not send it. UPS guy had to report it and we called our local narcotics office...all said it had a street value of $20k! Tried to get the local news out but Hurricane Ida has got everyone running around like chickens with their heads cut off so we didn't get on tv :o(

I considered including the type of studio Ronda operates and the city in which it is operated but I don't want my family hunted down by drug lords furious about their missing 17 pounds of pot. So let's just say it's a studio with a UPS account in a part of the country that's concerned about Hurricane Ida.

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Moot point, seeing as they already know where she is because they used her account number and address... and for that matter, is she sure it wasn't someone at her studio?

Posted by UNPAID COMMENTER on November 13, 2009 at 2:19 PM

Also, she was perfectly happy to put the story on the news, so my weirdness about privacy is double moot.

Posted by David Schmader on November 13, 2009 at 2:21 PM

So how much was actually in the box when your sister-in-law got it? 20 pounds? 25?

Posted by dwight moody on November 13, 2009 at 2:33 PM

If I did the math right....thats about 9 bucks an 8th. So either for the first time ever the cops did not hyper inflate the value, or this guy I know has been getting ripped off for years.

Posted by Akbar Fazil on November 13, 2009 at 2:33 PM

So actually they received 20lbs, riiight?

Posted by DougS on November 13, 2009 at 2:33 PM

Well, that answers my question about whether people send drugs via UPS.

Posted by boxofbirds on November 13, 2009 at 2:35 PM

Well, you don't want to waste the authorities' time, do you? So it follows that the suspected marijuana should be thoroughly tested to verify that it's not just 17 lbs. of oregano or something.

Posted by Hernandez

on November 13, 2009 at 2:39 PM

what's lucky about turning 17 pounds of weed over to the cops?

Posted by Max Solomon on November 13, 2009 at 2:53 PM

Lucky is receiving an unexpected hand delivered package containing 17 pounds of the sticky-icky. Turning said package over to the authorities who proceeded (I'm sure) to conduct their own kind of puff-puff-pass research is just plain old stupid (no offense to your SIL Ronda).

Posted by JB in Silver Lake on November 13, 2009 at 2:58 PM

@9 is right. They'd rather seize the office as "confiscated property" in a bust than see justice be done.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on November 13, 2009 at 3:48 PM

17 lbs x 16 ounces/lb x $300/ounce = $81600. That's for your average Seattle weed. Assume theirs isn't as good, and only goes for $20 an eighth and it's still $43520. They must be looking at substantial wholesale discounts there.

This may be the first time I've ever seen the cops understate the value of a pot seizure.

Posted by NaFun