Feds Intercept $70,000 Worth of Marijuana Mailed to Fictitious Editor at St. Martin's Press

Posted on March 21, 2012

The Smoking Gun reports that the feds seized $70,000 of marijuana that was in two Express Mail packages bound for St. Martin's Press in New York City. The pot was found by drug-sniffing dogs after workers at the San Diego post office noticed a distinct odor coming from the packages.

After a warrant was obtained, the packages were opened and the drugs were discovered wrapped in dryer sheets, Styrofoam chunks and paper towels which reportedly are used by drug traffickers to mask the smell. We would have thought that ground coffee or rosemary would work better than dryer sheets, but what do we know? It does sound like the packages were sent by an amateur.

The packages were addressed to "Karen Wright" at St. Martin's Press, which has sent the publishing world on a hunt to find the mysterious, cannabis-loving editor. St. Martin's says no one of that name works at the company. Perhaps it was bound for someone in the mail room whose job was to grab any packages addressed to Ms. Wright. Or, perhaps it's a pseudonym known only to a select few in the literary world? In any event, there will be no cannabis at St. Martin's today.