LEXINGTON, Ky. — Federal inspectors intercepted a suspicious package at the Lexington mail processing center last week and discovered nearly 14 pounds of illegal THC vape cartridges, according to court records.
A U.S. Postal Inspector obtained a search warrant on Thursday to open the Priority Mail box, which had been flagged days earlier at the city’s Processing and Distribution Center. The package, shipped from a Lakewood, California, address, was headed to a residence on Deer Lake Drive in the Buckhorn neighborhood.
Before seeking the warrant, investigators had the parcel examined by a narcotics detection dog named Mardi, handled by Lexington police Detective Ben Hallock. Mardi alerted to the box, signaling the odor of drugs. That response, combined with the package’s origin and labeling, gave inspectors cause to seek judicial approval to open it…