FedEx Delivers 200 Lbs of Pot to Wrong Address

BALTIMORE (AP) -- FedEx prides itself on reliability. But the shipping company can be thankful for a recent botched delivery.

Someone in Florida used FedEx to ship 600 pounds of marijuana to Baltimore. But when part of the shipment was delivered to the wrong address, city police set up a sting operation that led to an arrest.

Police tell The Baltimore Sun that they were tipped off on Tuesday when four boxes containing 200 pounds of marijuana were mistakenly delivered to a northeast Baltimore resident. The resident opened one of the boxes and discovered the shrink-wrapped weed.

The next day, city officers and state troopers posed as FedEx employees and arrested the intended recipient, 30-year-old Richard Gwatidzo. A search of two addresses connected to him yielded eight more packages containing about 400 pounds of marijuana.

Police say the drug sells on the street for about $1,200 a pound.