An Upper Darby clothing store manager unexpectedly received packages containing plenty of green. But they weren't Holiday-themed shirts.
“When I opened the boxes and looked inside there was no men’s clothing,” said the manager of City Blue, a store on 69th Street. “It was marijuana.”
Police announced Wednesday $300,000 worth of high quality marijuana was delivered to the store.
The manager told NBC10 the first marijuana delivery arrived Tuesday morning. Sixty pounds of pot was packed inside a Fed-Ex box sent from California that was dropped off and signed for. Wednesday afternoon, another Fed-Ex box, this time with 30 pounds of marijuana, was dropped off at the store.
“Somebody is missing a lot of marijuana on the streets of our community,” said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.
While the manager didn’t recognize the name on the packages, both had the addresses of his store. Chitwood believes the sender expected the boxes to be “intercepted” by their intended recipient outside the store.
“It’s the Christmas season,” Chitwood said. “More and more packages are being delivered so more and more and more attempts are being made to deliver whether it’s cocaine, heroin or marijuana.”
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Officials told NBC10 the name on the packages is that of a real person living in Upper Darby though the person has never worked at the store. While they’re investigating the name, they also said it could be an attempt to throw officials off.
As for the 90 pounds of marijuana, officials said they plan to destroy it once the investigation is complete. Meanwhile the manager who found the huge shipment remains cautious.
“On my way home I’ll stick to the main streets,” he said. “The lighted streets.”
