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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: kwaigon57 on February 29, 2012, 04:55 pm

Title: Anatomy of a mail seizure/arrest
Post by: kwaigon57 on February 29, 2012, 04:55 pm
Apologies if this has been posted already. Very interesting reading.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/express-mail-drug-deliveries-657481
Title: Re: Anatomy of a mail seizure/arrest
Post by: BongoBingo on February 29, 2012, 09:13 pm
Hopefully it wasn't somebody from here!
Title: Re: Anatomy of a mail seizure/arrest
Post by: respect on February 29, 2012, 09:50 pm
I like to think that any reputable vendors on SR are better educated in the mailing arts than that.
Title: Re: Anatomy of a mail seizure/arrest
Post by: anarcho47 on February 29, 2012, 09:57 pm
ah, that is just sad.... where is the professionalism?
Title: Re: Anatomy of a mail seizure/arrest
Post by: spd on March 01, 2012, 03:11 am
Yeah, the article doesn't specify if the people receiving got arrested.  And the one case sounds like someone narced on the guy, in addition to the really bad packaging/return addresses.
Title: Re: Anatomy of a mail seizure/arrest
Post by: topple on March 01, 2012, 03:53 am
This is a great find!

It definitely validates some widely-given advice about how to prepare packages; namely using real names and addresses.  Listing a pot dispensary as the return address is just plain stupid.

Interesting that the postal service doesn't have their own dogs, they had to borrow them from the airport police.

I'm not sure we should read so much into the "confidential informant."  According to the Justice Department's CI guidelines (http://www.justice.gov/ag/readingroom/ciguidelines.htm), a CI can be a narc or someone like a phone company employee disclosing information from a phone tap in response to a secret warrant or National Security Letter, or even another Postal Inspector operating secret equipment or using confidential intelligence-gathering techniques.
Title: Re: Anatomy of a mail seizure/arrest
Post by: kwaigon57 on March 01, 2012, 01:53 pm
tearghoa- you picked up on the same things I did. two critical issues 1) the narc and 2) the package smelling of weed.

 I dated a girl who lived  few blocks down from that address in MN. it was so weird. thought it was her at first.