The State Police Statewide Narcotics Task Force, working with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, had been investigating narcotics distribution through a commercial delivery service in the Waterbury area when troopers intercepted a marijuana delivery bound for a commercial establishment there.[1][2] On 22 December 2010 the marijuana arrived hidden in a shipment of auto body parts at U II Automotive Parts and Service on Homer Street, and the delivery was accepted by the shop’s owner, Alan Schiavo.[1][2]
Detectives obtained a search warrant from the Superior Court, searched the parts shipment at the business and seized about 300 lb (about 136 kg) of marijuana packaged for wholesale delivery, which officials valued at $800,000.[1][2] Schiavo, 48, of Dogwood Drive in Prospect, was taken to Troop A in Southbury, processed and released on $5,000 bond.[1][2]
He was charged with possession of marijuana, possession with intent to sell, and both counts repeated within 1,500 feet of a school zone, and was due in court in Waterbury on 19 January 2011.[1][2] Police said the investigation was continuing.[1]
