Ex-Prosecutor Gets FedEx Package Full of Marijuana
A former Air Force intelligence officer thought something was amiss when the Federal Express package delivered to his door was wrapped in Styrofoam, foam insulation, duct tape, plastic wrap and coffee grounds.
Eric Anderson, now a faculty member at the National Intelligence University, unwrapped the package anyway. He discovered 33 pounds of marijuana with a street value of about $120,000, the Washington Post reports. His wife, Melanie Sloan, also at home at the time, is a former federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia. She is currently director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics. Both live in Washington, D.C.
Narcotics dealers often deliver drug packages to homes where the occupants are thought to be away for the day, the story says. Using FedEx tracking, they follow each shipment and wait to snatch the package from the doorstep after it arrives. The package delivered to Anderson and Sloan was likely delayed until evening because of heavy snow.
Sloan had urged her husband not to open the package, and she called 911 before he got through all the wrapping. She recalled a 2008 incident in which police raided the home of another unwitting drug recipient, killing his Labrador retrievers.
“I told them exactly what was going on,” she told the Post. “I’m like, I don’t want them coming through my door with guns drawn, because I love my dog.”
