Pubdate: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 Source: Regina Leader-Post (CN SN) Copyright: 2007 The Leader-Post Ltd. Contact: http://www.canada.com/regina/leaderpost/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/361 Author: Heather Polischuk, The Leader Post MAILING DOPE DIDN'T WORK Three people are in custody after postal staff and police stopped the shipment of a large package of marijuana in the mail. The RCMP said that within the last couple of weeks, Canada Post employees became suspicious of a package in the mail that was believed to contain drugs. The police were then contacted and it was discovered the package contained about 14 kilograms of marijuana. At that time, members of the Regina Integrated Drug Unit -- made up of members of both the RCMP and the Regina Police Service -- began an investigation in conjunction with Canada Post Security Investigation Services. That investigation led to a series of drug searches on Sunday at several Regina locations, including residences on the 200 block of College Avenue East, the 2100 block of 15th Avenue and a location on McDougall Road. During the searches, police located and seized two separate large amounts of cash that are expected to add up to about $20,000. Two vehicles were also seized as potential offence-related property. The searches also led to the arrest of two men, aged 36 and 27, and a 38-year-old woman. All three are from Regina. The trio is facing charges of possessing marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, trafficking in marijuana, possession of crime proceeds, and conspiracy. Their identities will be released once they make their first court appearances this morning. They will remain in custody in the meantime. RCMP Sgt. Brian Jones said this isn't the type of crime police see frequently. "It's not common and certainly 31 pounds is a robust package," he said. "However ... we don't have access to the Canada Post system because of the privacy and the security and the sanctity, if you will, of mail once it's posted. So how much of it is going on, we don't know. It's happened before but I'm certainly not aware of 31 pounds of it being shipped recently." - --- MAP posted-by: Steve Heath