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$60,000 in suspected drug money found in FedEx package in South Bend

An employee at the FedEx Ship Center on Lincoln Way West in South Bend was apparently right to be suspicious about a package.

Indiana State Police were called on May 1 to the shipping center after a woman reported a “nervous” man dropped off a package that she believes smelled like marijuana, according to the South Bend Tribune.

The package was completely taped shut and sealed, which police say is a common method to try to prevent drug dogs from detecting what’s inside. The tactic didn’t work, as a K9 was dispatched and alerted officers to the suspicious package.

The nervous man was called and, with nerves still allegedly in his voice, claimed he didn’t know why a dog would alert officers to the package. He claimed it was a board game called “Stow and Go” he was mailing to a friend in California.

He was partially right. Officers say they opened the package and found a “Stow and Go” box inside. However, they also allegedly found $59,980 wrapped in four vaccum-sealed plastic bags inside the box.

No arrests have yet been made. The money was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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