Crime

Wisconsin Woman Finds $280K of Drugs in Vacuum

Wisconsin Woman Finds $280K of Drugs in VacuumGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Green Bay, Wis., woman opened a Christmas present from her children to find a refurbished vacuum – and a load of drugs.

Authorities say the woman found 2 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and 2.2 pounds of cocaine shrink wrapped inside the box. Sheriff‘s officials estimate the drugs’ street value at about $280,000.

Lt. David Poteat (poh-TEET) tells the Green Bay Press-Gazette that a smuggler likely put the drugs in the box before it was shipped from the Juarez, Mexico, area, where it had been reconditioned.

Poteat says no one noticed anything, including the department store where it was purchased, until the woman opened the package.

Sheriff’s officials say the store is cooperating with the investigation.

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Information from: Green Bay Press-Gazette, http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com

Comments (52)

  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on January 17, 2011 at 7:03pm

    The only way to win the war on drugs is too take the profit out of it… The Government already runs their methadone clinics. If that’s okay then why not the rest of it? Cut crime, take ‘pushing’ out of the equation, multiply the penalties for open air usage AND street dealing. It will go away from the streets in large part, thus removing it from the kids. Not perfect, but at least it’s not the same insanity we go about now..

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  • ruapt
    Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:03am

    VERY surprising that they didn’t charge her with drug possession… maybe the cops pinched and let her go with her silence… wouldn’t surprise me with the reputation of the green bay police…

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  • obama_binpharteen
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:40pm

    Well that’s just great. Now the government is going to start banning vacuum cleaners.

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  • Slowman101
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:25pm

    Yep! The border is REAL secure!

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  • 0bamanation
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 6:49pm

    Come up!! ;-)

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  • dcwu
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 5:49pm

    Sounds like refurbished vacuums are better bets than the lottery. Even if you lose you clean up ok.

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  • Carbine1
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 1:35pm

    Some people just have all the luck. I am wondering if it would have been money would SHE have turned it into the [HONEST!@#$%$#@^%&?/?] Police Department./? [chuckle on this one.]

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  • 1minuteman
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 12:53pm

    when i first read the title i thought she was probably vacuuming the oval office. you know sealed records and such.

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  • TIREBITER
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 11:35am

    I guess this is one way to cleanup the drugs.

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  • RN MOM
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:08am

    giggle, giggle.

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    • IndyGuy
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:36am

      “Where’s the shipment Juan???”………..BLAM!!!

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  • blanco
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:49am

    They are just delivering the illegal drugs that Americans don’t want to deliver!!!!

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  • dd41
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:36am

    So does that mean the vacuum sucks and she should make a clean sweep of the evidence.

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  • Ialmostforgot
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:14am

    Wait a minute, now. This was a gift from her children.
    A vacuum cleaner and way to enjoy using it! — or –
    A way to pay friends to clean your house! — or –
    The salesman left his demo dust in the box.

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  • psst
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:08am

    I would surmise some person/s in the US store is colluding w/ drug dealers at the Mexican refurbishing shop ,where the drug dealers pay the workers there to pack the dope in the machines for shipment back to the store.
    That person/s dropped the ball in the US store by forgetting to remember to open the box before it was delivered to the owner.. I bet the drug dealer/s will fire him/them. Or even worse.
    He/she/they better start running for the border. Um! . the “Other” border.
    Since many of US did not know appliances are shipped to Mexico for re-furbishing, I bet this is not a one time incidence in this US store and quite possibly, many other US stores.
    This scenario could be an epidemic.
    But!! You can’t blame the drug dealers. They are not letting a good crisis/crises (broken US appliances) go to waste.

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  • koyettsu
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:04am

    Yeah it might be a good idea to consider less product from Mexico.

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  • lone ct patriot
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:37am

    Didn‘t Bush try to pass comprehensive immagration reform and the Democrats blocked because they didn’t want the Republicans to get the Latino vote.

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  • SlimnRanger
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:33am

    i would be concerned the drug dealers came looking for their drugs at that home

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  • treshall
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:32am

    Don‘t most vacuums come equipped with ’suck‘ instead of ’blow’? sorry- couldn’t resist it

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  • parmajohn
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:21am

    Rebuilt Vacums need to come from Mexico? Don’t we have enough Mexicans here that could do it? Jobs Could be created from stimulas money Drugs stopped from entering country So Simple [and stupid] that congress oops drug czar should regulate vacums But wait Didn’t Glen say they EPA is already concerned about unauthorized vacum use thats why Fannie and Freddie have patent on new electric outlets

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:35am

      We keep trying to make “sense” out of all this s*it…there is no making “sense” of all this s*it…the MARCHING ORDER of the Left is just to “CREATE CHAOS” to collapse our system! Alinsky’s Rules…THEY certainly are good at it, huh?

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    • beefjerky
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 11:13am

      Thats a lot of drugs. The whole bussiness here and there nust be a front for shipping.

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  • psycodad36
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:20am

    wow ,talk about your white cgristmas,if she returns it to the store ,doe’s she get the $280,000

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  • bobodu
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:08am

    It‘s too bad the Republicans haven’t had a chance to close the border.
    Oh…that’s right…you had EIGHT FREEKING YEARS!!!!
    Thanks…..
    Mr Pot…meet Mr. Kettle.

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    • Cherbear
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:46am

      And in those 8 years, who controlled the House and Congress???

      SPIN meet FACT

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    • Nov_2nd
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:53am

      dems did not control congress for eight years. Call it what it is. Bush was a softie when it came to the US/Mexico border (Is it possible Bush wasn’t perfect????)

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    • jaycee11
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:16am

      Chearbear, for six of em republicans did.

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    • LIBERALSBEDAMNED
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:19am

      bobodu
      U are so well just plain stupid

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    • beefjerky
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 11:15am

      They used the mail system legally. The border was not the problem in this story.

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    • jeffp605
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 11:22am

      Why is there only two choices concerning our border = Close them / leave them wide open . Why is it we never hear anything about what it would take for Mexico to create any kind of economy for itself ? Republican / Democrat , close it leave it open ! Good lord We have spent most my life talking about the border and never ever any talk about the actual neighbor . Do you suppose that is for a reason ?

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    • RobertCA
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:50pm

      Both parties allowed this to go on , everybody wanted cheap labor & now it got out of control & if we keep sending our jobs outside it will even get better .

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  • jeffp605
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 7:43am

    Just another hard working individual from the south trying to make a living right ?

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 7:40am

    I bet someone is pissed. Our borders have never been more secure. Now they abandoning a fence on the border that cost a billion dollars. Hopefully nothing else bad will happen before we can get these idiots out of office.

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    • RN MOM
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:06am

      I, for one ,am disgusted with the way the government spends good money after bad on projects that aren’t completed by the following administration.

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  • Jackers
    Posted on January 16, 2011 at 7:15am

    If we can find this type of stuff in one vacuum cleaner, what will we find in untold numbers of Mexican trucks that Obama is pushing to allow free reign on our highways?

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 7:20am

      So much for the war on drugs!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-wu

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    • Sledgehammer
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 7:44am

      And you know that thanks to NAFTA, a grand majority if imports from Mexico are not inspected! Our borders are open in more ways than the public thinks!

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    • bikerr
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 7:53am

      This story sucks!

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    • bikerr
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 7:55am

      Is the maytag repair man still available? He seemed to have time to check vacuums.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:28am

      @bikerr: Speaking of Maytag…heard the other day that Maytag had closed its’ plant here in the US and moved it to MEXICO…the reason? The upcoming “necessarily high” increase in mandatory employer health care costs! Thank You Nancy “Gelosi” for Obamacare!

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:17am

      azbebi…I read that…washington dc is like this big ol canker soar of America…no wonder we can’t make any money anymore…government rides the people’s back like a horse…had a business a few years back…could not believe all the PAPERWORK!!!!! and with this healthcare mess…can’t even imagine…

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    • EgoBrain
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:18am

      This is a weird story, but at least 2# of that awful drug, are off the street.

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    • Anarcho Capitalist
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 11:12am

      Sweet find! Wonder why she turned it in. She could have gotten like 150 grand for that. Never let the cops tell you what its worth. They don’t know.

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 11:34am

      Got an idea, why do we not search the vaccum cleaners in the Senate and House; maybe we can get some of our money they vaccum up daily back to the people who it belongs to in the first place.

      http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm

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    • Hisemiester
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 11:53am

      yep you got that one right!!!!

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    • Upsetcitizen
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 12:15pm

      I’m surprised she wasn’t charged with possession of drug and drug trafficking. Just because you turn them in does not get you off the hook she should have kept her mouth shut and flushed the drugs herself.

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    • fangbanger
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 1:34pm

      be glad it was only meth and coke and not some kind of biological weapon like anthrax

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    • 101
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 2:35pm

      .
      @Sledgehammer
      NAFTA forms do not exclude a company’s product from customs!

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    • Sam I am
      Posted on January 17, 2011 at 5:34pm

      They‘re just doing the jobs Americans won’t do.

      Drug smuggling and light housekeeping.

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    • Sam I am
      Posted on January 17, 2011 at 5:35pm

      I don‘t know what’s worse, finding drugs in a vacuum or discovering your kids gave you a re-furb for Christmas?

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