Post office finds weed in tennis balls

We don’t usually run stories about routine marijuana busts, but the latest weed case certainly fits in the category of man bites dog or perhaps bringing coals to Newcastle. It seems that employees at the parcel post were inspecting an express mail package sent to a Belize address from Las Vegas, U.S.A. Inside the parcel was a cell phone and three tennis balls. The balls didn’t bounce very well, however, because they were filled with a potent variety of North American pot, just under three ounces worth. Why anyone would want to run the risk of mailing weed to a country that is amply endowed with its own is still a mystery, but whatever the plan, the person who went to claim the package at the post office has been detained as the investigation unfolds.