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Post Office workers caught a whiff of something suspicious coming from a parcel which they discovered was packed with cannabis.
The smelly substance was detected by staff at the Swadlincote branch of the Post Office, near Ashby, earlier this week when sorting through packages for delivery.
The parcel, which had been properly addressed, didn’t make it to its intended location though as police were called, reports DerbyshireLive.
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When officers arrived at the scene, they discovered a quantity of the class B drug in a number of black plastic pots inside the parcel.
Officers from the Swadlincote Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT), said that the drug dealers involved had not done enough to stop the cannabis from being found.
“A package collected from the post office due to a smell of cannabis,” an SNT spokesman said.
“Even with containers and tape, the smell does not get past the noses of the staff I’m afraid.”
Officers confirmed that the drugs has been seized and would be destroyed, with the police adding a simple message as part of the discovery.
“The Royal Mail is not your drug dealer,” they said.
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