No cash, just clothes in package

The Daily Inter Lake

Drug officers at the Flathead County Sheriff's Office were suspicious of a package that was bound for Canada this week.

Sheriff Jim Dupont said the package was reported by a delivery service because it bore the account number of a local business, but was mailed by a person on Foy's Lake Road who isn't affiliated with the business.

Dupont said drugs come into the valley from Canada independent of payment, which is sent separately from the drugs shipment.

Officers wondered whether the 3 1/2-pound package might contain money.

It was intercepted and the sender was tracked down.

He said he paid cash for the delivery and had a receipt for it, and wondered what the problem was.

Officers found that the delivery service had transposed a couple of numbers on the shipping account, unknown to the sender.

The package was eventually sent to its destination in Canada. Its contents: A nice, wool work shirt.