Three pounds of suspected marijuana found in mailed package on Guam
Federal agents searched a mailed package on Guam and found about 1,469 grams, or three pounds, of a green leafy substance that appeared to be marijuana, according to a District Court of Guam search warrant. 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.
🇬🇺 District Court of Guam, Hagåtña, Guam
Cannabis
1.469 kg
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Federal law enforcement authorities intercepted packages of drugs sent in the
mail, according to recent filings at the District Court of Guam.[1]Federal
agents searched a letter with a California return address and a package listed
with a Georgia return address.[1]
A Guam Customs and Quarantine drug-detecting dog alerted officers to the
package, which the search warrant said was postmarked in California although its
return address was in Georgia.[1]Inside the package, officials found about
1,469 gross grams, or three pounds, of a green leafy substance that appeared to
be marijuana, the search warrant stated.[2]
The same search also intercepted a letter addressed to someone in Inarajan,
which the search warrant said held about 50 grams of a substance that tested
presumptive positive for methamphetamine.[1]When authorities opened the
letter, they found about 50 grams of a white, crystalline substance that tested
presumptive positive for methamphetamine, according to the search warrant.[1]
Postal inspectors have identified several states as known source states for
mailed drugs, and California is one of them.[1]
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The mailed package that authorities searched and found about three pounds of suspected marijuana inside. Photo: District Court of Guam filingsPhoto details
USA Todayusatoday.com3lbs of suspected marijuana, about 50g of meth seized from mail
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The article gives no date for the interception or the search warrant; 8 February 2020 is its publication date and stands in for the incident date.
The substance is described as green leafy material that appeared to be marijuana, with no laboratory confirmation reported in the article.
The article names no arrested person, no charge and no court outcome resulting from either mailing.
The 1,469 gross grams is a gross weight that includes packaging, and it is the only cannabis figure stated.
The about 50 grams of substance that tested presumptive positive for methamphetamine is not cannabis and is excluded from the figures.
No separate Guam outlet or court filing release reporting this interception was found, and the Guam Daily Post version of the story could not be opened.
Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero said she would issue an executive order pardoning people convicted of petty crimes or misdemeanors involving marijuana before the island legalized cannabis in 2019. She said the convictions were blocking residents from finding work, and Sen. Clynt Ridgell backed the move.
A package sent from Citrus Heights, California, to an address on University Drive in Mangilao, Guam, was searched in October 2021 and found to hold four grams of marijuana. The case was unsealed in federal court in July 2022, and no charges had been filed.
Guam police stopped a man in Tumon after a witness said someone matching his description offered marijuana for sale, and found a bag of suspected marijuana and a pipe with what appeared to be methamphetamine in his backpack. Jack Nor, also known as Robert Mackson, was charged in the Superior Court of Guam with a first-degree felony count of possession with intent to deliver and two lesser counts.
Guam golfer Nalapon Vongjalorn was sentenced to 10 days in prison on 2 January 2018 after pleading guilty over about 79 grams of marijuana found when he landed at Guam airport in December 2016. A drug-detecting dog alerted customs officers, who found the cannabis in his carry-on luggage and on his person.