“There was no meat, or lettuce or beans or rice. It was actually an ounce of marijuana,” he said.

This ruse went up in smoke.

A New Jersey Uber Eats driver thought she was delivering a customer a burrito when a strong, unmistakable odor led her to discover she was actually muling marijuana, according to police.

The woman picked up what appeared to be a normal food order from a location in Lindenwold, Camden County, on Friday night — a burrito wrapped up in tin foil, a soup and a water bottle, according to Washington Township Police.

But as she was driving she recognized the odor coming from the bag of food — and it wasn’t carnitas.

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She pulled over and called the police.

An officer arrived and “inspected the package curbside and determined that it was not a burrito meal,” said Gurcsik.

“There was no meat, or lettuce or beans or rice. It was actually an ounce of marijuana,” he said.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    29 天前

    Everyone knows you gotta deliver it with a hot meal of a lot of onions, chilli peppers, and cabbage. Gotta overpower the skunk through its 12 bags.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPMEnglish
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    29 天前

    The woman picked up what appeared to be a normal food order from a location in Lindenwold, Camden County, on Friday night — a burrito wrapped up in tin foil, a soup and a water bottle

    The misdirection worked as they overlooked the heroin soup.

  • The Pantser@lemmy.world
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    29 天前

    An officer arrived and “inspected the package curbside and determined that it was not a burrito meal,

    Good job Columbo, you really cracked the case there.

  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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    29 天前

    What a waste of state resources jfc…

    Prolly would have been tipped well tbh

    I dont get the drivers angle here

    • frazorth@feddit.uk
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      28 天前

      The drivers angle was that they didn’t want to be a mule.

      Not everyone is cool with drugs, and its fine if they aren’t. They weren’t asked and they didn’t volunteer.

      • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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        28 天前

        Report it tpnthe company… Not everything needs the police, Karen.

        Ain’t weed legal in Jersey anyway?

        • frazorth@feddit.uk
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          28 天前

          Ain’t weed legal in Jersey anyway?

          What a stupid thing to say. Alcohol is legal so I’m going to make bathtub moonshine and sell it illegally and pretend its a burrito?

          Just because you can sell it in one way doesn’t make it a free for all. And yes, if the driver found out about it and doesn’t report it then they are complicit in the crime which carries penalties.

          I bet they aren’t getting any more than the shitty delivery rate, that’s not worth getting a record for.