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The same filings describe a separate letter addressed to someone in Inarajan that held about 50 grams of a substance that tested presumptive positive for methamphetamine.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":1.469},"details":{"agencies":["Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency","U.S. Postal Inspection Service","District Court of Guam"],"agency_types":["customs","postal","court"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":1.469}],"setting":["mail"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"publication","region":"Guam"},"data_sources":{"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[2]},"tags":["guam","mail","postal-inspection","meth","inarajan"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2020/02/07/guam-drugs-federal-crimes-customs/4688372002","media_url":"https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2020/02/07/PGUA/21da4b19-c01e-4506-b0fb-1136068acada-marijuana_package_pic.png","publisher":"Pacific Daily News","caption":"The mailed package that authorities searched and found about three pounds of suspected marijuana inside. 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