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Press Release #020615(04)-Marijuana Shipped Through UPS, Suspect Arrested

On January 8, 2015, Officers from the Pueblo Police Department, in Colorado, were sent to a UPS facility in reference to a suspicious package. Officers arrived and spoke to the manager who had received the package. The package was marked suspicious by the UPS Store where it was originally sent from. Upon opening the package, the manager located several double vacuum sealed packages of suspected marijuana and marijuana products. The package was being sent out of Pueblo, Colorado from Johnny Wolfe, DOB 10-4-91, a San Angelo resident, to himself at his residence in San Angelo, Texas.

 

On January 13, 2015, Narcotics Detectives from the Pueblo Police Department followed up on the initial case by weighing and testing a total of 8 packages with a total of 9 pounds of high grade marijuana, which has an estimated value of $58,000. There was also approximately $5,000 worth of marijuana products including edibles, cough syrups, transdermal patches and THC ?wax? that were legally purchased from two separate marijuana dispensaries in Pueblo West, Colorado.

 

Through a thorough investigation, Wolfe was identified as the suspect and a warrant was issued for his arrest. On February 3, 2015, Pueblo Police Detectives contacted the San Angelo Police Department Narcotics Division and asked for their assistance in locating Wolfe.

 

On February 4, 2015, the members of the SAPD Narcotics Division arrested Johnny Wolfe at his residence in the 2700 block of SAC Ave. Wolfe was booked into Tom Green County Jail on a warrant for Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute with a $100,000 cash only bond.

 

FMI contact Pueblo Police Department Sgt Eric Gonzales at (719)553-2582 or visit the Pueblo Police Department Facebook page.

 

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