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A number of illegal items have been found in packages at a Cambridgeshire sorting office this week. Officers found crack cocaine, spice, sleeping pills and a butterfly knife during their visit.
The search was conducted at Royal Mail’s sorting office in Werrington, Peterborough on Thursday (July 7). A total of 46 illegal packages were recovered and intercepted as they made their way through the postal system.
Pictures posted by the police force show several boxes of Zopiclone sleeping medication, Pregbalin nerve damage medication, and Temazepam. All of these are considered controlled substances in the UK as they are believed to be “especially addictive and harmful”.
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Other pictures show that one drugs stash was packaged in a black bin bag and placed in a Nike shoe box. Another substance was wrapped in foil and placed inside jars.
A Cambridgeshire Constabulary spokesperson said: “If you’re missing some post, we might just have it at Thorpe Wood Police Station in Peterborough.
“Officers attended the Royal Mail sorting office in Werrington on Thursday and the staff there intercepted 46 packages in June containing cannabis, cannabis edibles, crack cocaine, spice and a butterfly knife.
“Scotland, Wales and Lithuania were just some of the destinations the packages were going to.”
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