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FedEx sends marijuana to wrong place

Arrest made after FedEx sends drug to wrong place

Story Created: Jul 7, 2008 at 11:20 AM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 7, 2008 at 11:20 AM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) - FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Florida to Baltimore via the shipping company.

Police tell The (Baltimore) Sun they learned about the shipment when it was delivered Tuesday to the wrong resident.

Authorities posed as FedEx employees and arrested the shipment's intended recipient, 30-year-old Richard Gwatidzo.

Officials say he was charged Thursday with possession of a large quantity of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute along with other drug related charges.

Police say they also seized eight other FedEx boxes with nearly 400 pounds of the drug.

Authorities are trying to determine the sender's identity.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Thursday, Jul 10 at 12:28 AM Mike wrote ...

I think we should repeal the marijuana law in Florida. Eleven states have decriminalized it, some for over thirty years. Crime didn't go up, but DUIs went down. In that sense, marijuana saves lives. The MJ law is a vestige of prejudice against Latinos - it should go.

Wednesday, Jul 9 at 10:41 AM lyila wrote ...

what happen did they have the wrong address or did the delivery man smoke some of the product before he got to his destination? cuz to mix up the address like he did, with that amount of product he had to be HIGH !!!!!!!!!!