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by fiatmoney 4324 days ago
Typically you ship to some drop address (e.g., a house you know is empty, or somewhere where they'll leave the package somewhere easy to surveil and pick up). There was a DC-area mayor who had drugs shipped to him in this kind of scheme (he was uninvolved) and had his house shot up by a SWAT team as a result.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwyn_Heights,_Maryland_mayor'...
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kourt 4324 days ago
who had drugs shipped to him...(he was uninvolved)

"had drugs shipped" is a little ambiguous: someone shipped drugs using the mayor's house as the destination; Mayor Calvo had no knowledge or involvement in this. Despite his lack of involvement, the SWAT teams shot both of his Labrador retrievers, including one that was fleeing.

Photo of the mayor and the deceased: http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2009/09...

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bequanna 4324 days ago
In this case, wasn't a shipping employee involved?

I seem to recall that the package (drugs, etc) was addressed to the Mayor's home but was intercepted at the distribution center by the shipping employee (involved in the scheme) before being delivered.

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