Officers find $50,000 in marijuana in TV set

Bundles of marijuana wrapped in cellophane that were found hidden inside a telelvision set are shown at the Florence County Sheriff's Office in Effingham on Monday. The drugs were confiscated March 20 when Florence County sheriff’s deputies and Florence police narcotics officers intercepted a package going to an address in Florence County.

By: Angela Kershner | SCNow
Published: April 13, 2009

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Florence County authorities have seized about 21 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $50,000 that were hidden inside a television set.

The drugs were confiscated March 20 when Florence County sheriff’s deputies and Florence police narcotics officers intercepted a package going to an address in Florence County, Florence County Sheriff’s Lt. Brett Camp said.

The package was a television set in its original box, Camp said.

Harley, a sheriff’s office narcotic detection dog, alerted on the package although the shippers tried to use Tobasco sauce in between layers of cellophane wrapped around five packages of marijuana to prevent their detection.

The investigation is continuing, Camp said.