cannabisnews.com: Source Traced For Halloween Pot Treats Source Traced For Halloween Pot Treats Posted by FoM on November 03, 2000 at 06:52:59 PT By Chuck Squatriglia, Chronicle Staff Writer Source: San Francisco Chronicle Hercules police have cracked the case of the pot-stuffed Snickers bars that were unwittingly handed out on Halloween. It turns out that the treats were the product of a failed and undetected attempt to mail 5 ounces of marijuana to someone in San Francisco, said Hercules Police Chief Mike Tye. ``Somebody tried to mail it and didn't have enough postage or the address was wrong,'' he said. Because the package, which contained four bags of Snickers bars destined for San Francisco, did not have a return address, it landed in the dead-letter office -- where it was taken by a postal employee who planned to hand the candies out to trick-or-treaters. ``A lot of their dead mail, stuff that's nonperishable, is given away to charity,'' Tye said. ``(The employee) picked up the candy along with a bunch of canned goods. He took the other items to a church but kept the candy.'' The man, who police declined to identify because he has been cleared of any wrongdoing, handed out 9 or 10 of the fun-size candy bars, each of which was stuffed with half an ounce of pot worth up to $250. ``It was packed pretty tight and stuffed in there,'' Tye said. ``They did a pretty good job.'' Postal inspectors have taken over the investigation and are working with Hercules police, but Tye said an arrest is unlikely. ``We haven't been able to track back where it came from, nor do we think we ever will,'' he said. ``Who knows where it was going.'' Note: Postal worker got candy from dead-letter office E-mail Chuck Squatriglia at: csquatriglia sfchronicle.comSource: San Francisco Chronicle (CA)Author: Chuck Squatriglia, Chronicle Staff WriterPublished: Friday, November 3, 2000 Copyright: 2000 San Francisco ChronicleContact: chronletters sfgate.com Website: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/Forum: http://www.sfgate.com/conferences/Related Article:The Treat Was A Snickers, The Trick Was Marijuanahttp://mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1647/a02.html END SNIP --> Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #2 posted by kaptinemo on November 03, 2000 at 18:11:35 PT: The lament of Charlie Brown at Halloween is all I can think of when I read this: the other kids in their Halloween costumes bragging about the wonderful teeth-trashing, dentist-employing goodies they got...and poor old Charlie Brown bemoaning the fact that all he got was rocks.Well, all I got was drennweed! [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Kanabys on November 03, 2000 at 11:10:09 PT Man... I should have gone trick or treating!!! What a treat!!! [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: