ND Man Sentenced For Getting Marijuana In Mail

A Grand Forks man has been sentenced to six months in prison for possessing five pounds of marijuana he received the mail.

 

 

 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - A Grand Forks man has been sentenced to six months in prison for possessing five pounds of marijuana he received the mail.

34-year-old Nicholas Rivera pleaded guilty to a charge of marijuana possession in February.

Authorities say a postal inspector notified the Grand Forks Narcotics Task Force that a suspicious package addressed to Rivera at a Grand Forks motel had come to the post office.

Postal Inspector Tom Irwin got a search warrant, looked in the package and found "five pounds of high grade marijuana."

The package was delivered to Rivera at the motel and authorities arrested him an hour later.

 

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