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YORK COUNTY, S.C. -- Athorities say drug traffickers are transporting drugs by mail with more frequency.
It's a growing trend police are seeing in communities throughout York County.
The packages are often delivered to real home addresses, when homeowners are knowingly away.
"Often times there are innocent people that don't know what's going on," said Commander Marvin Brown.
Brown heads the Multijurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit.
He says packages are shipped from states like California, Arizona and Texas, and sent using fictitious names.
"It almost never comes to their house. They mail it to a vacant apartment, or mail it to their neighbor's home," said Brown.
This week, Arthur Hunt, 38, of Rock Hill was charged for drug trafficking after authorities intercepted a package sent to his neighbor's home on Eastwood Drive.
He joins a growing list of residents Brown says relies on carriers like FedEx, UPS, or USPS to send or receive drugs.
Brown says the package picked up by Hunt was one of three packages intercepted that day at two different residences.
In July, the unit seized 10 packages containing more than 250 pounds of marijuana in York County.
"You could actually smell the marijuana. It was very smelly even though it was in a sealed container."
Brown says the marijuana is often packed with coffee grinds, or smothered with mustard or grease to mask the smell.
Facilities also scan packages for drugs, but due to high volumes of packages shipped daily, Brown says not all are detected.
However, in some cases, drug interdiction units intentionally allow packages to be delivered-- so recipients are caught and arrested on the spot.
"We are putting the word out because we want people to know that we are on to them for the most part, even if they don't go to jail they will probably lose a good bit of profit."
This trend isn't only happening in York County. To date numerous packages bound for Charlotte have been intercepted as well.
This unit busted high-quantity drugs shipped to unsuspecting businesses and Brown says it's similar to methods used in the past.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story...hipping-drugs-to-unsuspecting-homes/30970115/
It's a growing trend police are seeing in communities throughout York County.
The packages are often delivered to real home addresses, when homeowners are knowingly away.
"Often times there are innocent people that don't know what's going on," said Commander Marvin Brown.
Brown heads the Multijurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit.
He says packages are shipped from states like California, Arizona and Texas, and sent using fictitious names.
"It almost never comes to their house. They mail it to a vacant apartment, or mail it to their neighbor's home," said Brown.
This week, Arthur Hunt, 38, of Rock Hill was charged for drug trafficking after authorities intercepted a package sent to his neighbor's home on Eastwood Drive.
He joins a growing list of residents Brown says relies on carriers like FedEx, UPS, or USPS to send or receive drugs.
Brown says the package picked up by Hunt was one of three packages intercepted that day at two different residences.
In July, the unit seized 10 packages containing more than 250 pounds of marijuana in York County.
"You could actually smell the marijuana. It was very smelly even though it was in a sealed container."
Brown says the marijuana is often packed with coffee grinds, or smothered with mustard or grease to mask the smell.
Facilities also scan packages for drugs, but due to high volumes of packages shipped daily, Brown says not all are detected.
However, in some cases, drug interdiction units intentionally allow packages to be delivered-- so recipients are caught and arrested on the spot.
"We are putting the word out because we want people to know that we are on to them for the most part, even if they don't go to jail they will probably lose a good bit of profit."
This trend isn't only happening in York County. To date numerous packages bound for Charlotte have been intercepted as well.
This unit busted high-quantity drugs shipped to unsuspecting businesses and Brown says it's similar to methods used in the past.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story...hipping-drugs-to-unsuspecting-homes/30970115/
