Updated: November 8, 2017

TUSCUMBIA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A SHIPMENT OF MARIJUANA THAT ARRIVED AT A TUSCUMBIA WAREHOUSE. ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY, THREE LARGE BOXES, CONTAINING 92 POUNDS OF MEDIUM TO HIGH GRADE MARIJUANA, WERE SHIPPED TO A COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE ON JOHN ALDRIDGE AVENUE. THE SHIPMENT ORIGINATED FROM TEXAS AND WAS INTENDED TO BE SENT TO A RESIDENCE IN MISSISSIPPI. WHEN THE RESIDENCE IN MISSISSIPPI REFUSED TO ACCEPT DELIVERY, THE PACKAGES WERE SENT TO THE RETURN ADDRESS ON THE PACKAGE WHICH LED THEM TO TUSCUMBIA. TUSCUMBIA POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE COLBERT COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE ARE WORKING WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO DETERMINE THE ORIGINS OF THE PACKAGES.