30-pound marijuana brick delivered to wrong address in Denton

[babylonsister]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/011609dnmetdenton.5c376ef.html?npc


30-pound marijuana brick delivered to wrong address in Denton

01:41 PM CST on Thursday, January 15, 2009

By DONNA FIELDER / The Denton Record-Chronicle
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UPS delivers, but not always to the right address, a Denton man discovered Monday when he found a lot of green inside a package dropped on his porch by the men in brown.



The man took the package to Denton police later that night, police spokesman Officer Ryan Grelle said. It contained a 30-pound brick of compressed marijuana with a street value of $10,500.

UPS mistakenly delivered it to the Denton house about 8 p.m., Grelle said. The resident was not at home at the time and opened it when he returned.

“He was expecting tools that he had ordered from Sears,” Grelle said. “He opened it up and thought, ‘Oh my.’ He loaded it up and brought it to the police department.”

Grelle said the package, which apparently came from Pharr, Texas, and was handled by a UPS branch in McAllen on Jan. 6, wasn’t addressed to the Denton man on whose porch it landed. It carried an address in Dallas. But there was no such address in Dallas, so someone at the package delivery service decided it must be meant for a similar address in Denton, the officer said.

The case is still under investigation.

[notesdev]

1. Street value of $10500?

at $350/lb., that's some cheap-ass stuff.

[leftchick]

2. lets see

I would guess a minimum of $350.00 an ounce! I come up with $168,000.00.

[islandmkl]

4. what we need to find is SOMEONE here at DU who would know...

about pot prices, quantities, etc....

i doubt that anyone here possesses even an inkling of knowledge in this area...



any lounging DEA people in here?

[Le Taz Hot]

18. At our house we refer to that as

Bengowi Crotch weed, i.e., not fit for human consumption. :cough: :cough:

[8 track mind]

21. LOL n/t

[tekisui]

39. The Brown Frown.

[snooper2]

28. Looking at the quality of that from the picture-

I would say regular swag for the most part-

I get that for $20 a quarter- $40 for the "better" stuff-

That's about a 20% markup per my dude :)


Oh, and this is local pricing by the way as I live in the DFW area

[Supply Side Jesus]

29. We law enforcement don't rear our heads often

Being called a fucking pig fascist gets tiresome at times.

Depending on the quality and supply on the streets, I would estimate the value of the 30lb brick to be at least twice, maybe 3 times the amount quoted.

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[petronius]

50. What's wrong with "on the streets"? If a phrase like that is all it takes

to label a cop a pig in your estimation, I'm guessing your threshold is so low that there is no way a cop could avoid being a pig... :shrug:

[Supply Side Jesus]

52. So it isn't sold "on the streets?"

Black Market more to your liking?
Drug Houses?
What would be more to your sensible likings exactley? When things are done which are against the law, they have a tendency to take a low profile approach. A mere metaphor of activities which do not draw attention. Why split hairs at this point, you have already shown yourself for who you are.

If you have a problem with the laws, then take it up with the law makers, not the enforcers. We have a job, most of us do it to help people. But hey, why let stereotyping get in the way of making a point. What works for those fucking republicans work for you pretty well.

[Romulox]

5. That looks like what they call "Mexican brick". In no way would it fetch $350/O. nt

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

64. there's only one way to be sure of the quality

get it tested. :)

[notesdev]

6. Nah

$350/oz. is for high grade stuff, that brick looks like it's made from Mexican ditchweed.

[leftchick]

23. I have not seen Mexican Ditchweed in decades

and I have no idea what "compressed" means. No buds? I wish there was a better photo. Where I come from you still have to pay about $200.00 an oz. for crappy pot. Or so I hear.

[sendero]

10. No...

.... $10 per joint, street value $99,000,000 :)

[Romulox]

11. LOL. The pothead chorus sets her straight! nt

[Subdivisions]

24. In Texas, the going rate is $20 per quarter ounce. Ounces go for

$60. The more you buy, the less it costs.

[leftchick]

26. I guess it pays to live close to the border

way out here on the atlantic coast the cheapest is about 150-200 an oz.

[Subdivisions]

34. I'm currently in Virginia and they're paying $200/oz. Ouch! n/t

[dysfunctional press]

35. ouside chicago it's $150/oz...

or $650 for half-pounds.

at least where i shop.

[JesterCS]

27. can i come live with you?

here a half runs almost 80.

[wildbilln864]

47. close to that here too in SC....

maxes at about $100-120/oz. :smoke:

[ProfessorGAC]

31. Even at $200 It Would Still Be $96k!

Something is wrong here. Maybe 30 OUNCES at your stated price! But not 30 pounds.
GAC

[EOTE]

32. It's brick. Stemmy, seedy, shwaggy crap.

So on the street, I'd imagine about 200 for a QP or 800 a lb. Even at $800 a lb, that should still be more like $24k, but maybe he got a bulk discount :shrug:

[anigbrowl]

43. I guess it depends on the quality

I'm guessing $100-200,000, depending on whether it's cheap sensimilla (aka Mexican) or high-quality Indica or similar.

I can't believe he called the police. Well I can, since he probably thought his house was being watched. but I would have tried waiting it out for a few days and pleading complete cluelessness. Why does this never happen to me?

[Leftist Agitator]

45. That's obviously brick weed... Not worth anywhere near $350 / oz.

In fact, if you'd pay $350 / oz for that dirty schwag, I know some people who would LOVE to meet you!

:P

[leftchick]

46. I have no idea what brick weed is

until now. I am so glad I have not experienced it. The last time I had any, many many years ago, they were huge buds, sticky and smelly and it cost a bundle. Kinda like this....





ahhh, those were the days.....

[JackRiddler]

16. Reporter's got a short position on marijuana futures.

[High Plains]

42. Sounds like wholesale Mexican brick weed prices.

Mexican pot has been pouring into Texas by the ton for decades.

[islandmkl]

3. did it weigh the same at the police station as it weighed 'upon delivery'??

[yellowcanine]

7. He is lucky a SWAT team didn't break down his door, tie him up and shoot his dogs.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/30/AR2008073003299.html

[lonestarnot]

13. And then tase him.

:D

[Soylent Brice]

14. from that article:

"Calvo described a chaotic scene, in which he -- wearing only underwear and socks -- and his mother-in-law were handcuffed and interrogated for hours. They were surrounded by the dogs' carcasses and pools of the dogs' blood, Calvo said."

:scared:

[surrealAmerican]

15. That's the first thing I thought, too.

If the police had been tracking this package, he could have been killed.

[Romulox]

8. I bet the people of Denton are breathing much easier tonight!

It's OK to walk the streets of Denton at night, now that this pot is off the streets!

[RB TexLa]

9. Why did this person open someone else's package?

[MiniMe]

17. If he was expecting some tools, he may not have checked who it was addressed to

[greyl]

63. It used to be a 60 lb brick of weed. ;) nt

[SlingBlade]

12. A Compressed 30lb Brick=$31,200.00

At least that's what I heard O8)

[Beausoleil]

19. Even if it's $50/oz dirt weed

that's still $24,000 street value.

[FreakinDJ]

20. Here Too ! - Who's coming for my Inauguration party

[corbra9]

22. 30 pounds of joy

Damned! I never catch a break.

[leftchick]

25. omg... here is a tv video report

http://www.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/video_huge_stash_of_pot_delivered_to_wrong_address/54893/

:rofl:

[Iggo]

30. Fucking Mersh.

[Ganja Ninja]

33. Why couldn't something like this happen to me? n/t

[bigtree]

37. what Sentinel Chicken said

:(

[LibertyLover]

36. After what happened in Prince George's county, Maryland

when drugs were delivered to the home of a mayor of one of its towns, this guy this is lucky the police didn't arrest him.

[Iggo]

38. Is that the one where they shot his dog(s)?

[LibertyLover]

41. Yes, that's the one.

If I recall correctly, the County issued their report on the incident and, you will of course be surprised to learn, concluded that - even though the police didn't have a valid search warrant, that they knew about scam with the illegal drugs being mailed to the homes of innocent parties to be collected before those parties even arrived home by the dealers, and that at least one of the dogs was running away from the officers when she was shot - the deputies involved in the raid had done nothing wrong.

[Xenotime]

40. That's about 1/2 day of fun on Fry Street.

[Ganja Ninja]

44. That doesn't look like a 30lb brick to me.

3 lbs maybe, look at the size of it compared to the Skoal can. Now if memory serves me right a standard bale of hay is around 65 to 70 lbs and that's doesn't even look close to half a bale of hay.

[asdjrocky]

48. The only people that lie as much is not more than the bushies...

the DEA. No way that's 30lbs and it's dirt weed.

[Earth_First]

51. If it's from Mexico, about the only thing that 30lbs. is worth is making butter. n/t

[anonymous171]

53. Late Christmas present?

[jmowreader]

54. I'm starting to worry about some of you

specifically, the DUers who can estimate the price of weed based on a really shitty jpeg.

[BlooInBloo]

56. I assumed they were going by the stated weight.

[jmowreader]

57. They're also evaluating the quality of the product

Lots of "it's ditch weed" posts above this one.

That picture is so bad you can barely tell it's green.

[ellisonz]

65. Somebody needs to go pick up the latest copy of High Times...

:eyes:

[BlooInBloo]

55. That NEVER happens to me.

Fuckers.

[naaman fletcher]

58. I wish..

someone would deliver that to me. Who is the dumbass that turned this in?

[BreweryYardRat]

59. Someone who didn't want the DEA showing up and getting trigger-happy in his home?

I believe that's enough pot to get the feds called in, but I'm no expert on the subject. And while local cops tend to come in a variety of tolerance levels (everything from 'good guy who doesn't give a crap' to 'power-crazed jackbooted scum'), the DEA has consistently abused its power when it comes to pot busts. I can't fault the guy for trying to keep himself (and possibly his family?) safe.

Aim your criticisms at the DEA, for forcing people to make this calculation.

[LisaL]

62. A law abiding citizen who didn't want to get in trouble?

[Incitatus]

60. At least the cops didn't find it first and run in there like the gestapo and kill his dogs nt

[LisaL]

61. Yep he is lucky.