UPS and federal government searching packages

[ronin223]

Ordered plate carriers, no plates. At the UPS distribution site in Oregon, status changes to on hold, government inspection.

Called for clarification, UPS states the federal government holds up a bunch of packages once or twice a week to search for drugs.

Received package and it was never opened, so guess they just x rayed it.

Just a FYI, your rights eroding away.

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[Alexx1401]

Other than them making it take a delay I could care less. Does make me wonder exactly how many people we are paying to do this. Chances are its some HUGE cost created by inventing another agency they will forever need more money every year to do nothing.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Other than them making it take a delay I could care less. Does make me wonder exactly how many people we are paying to do this. Chances are its some HUGE cost created by inventing another agency they will forever need more money every year to do nothing.

There's no such thing as a budget surplus.
Bureaucracy 101

 

[clanhanson]

This isn't a new thing. Sorry about your plates.

 

[TTSX]

Is that why my jolly green giant imitation sex toy got delayed last month?

 

[Knobgoblin]

Is that why my jolly green giant imitation sex toy got delayed last month?

 

[TTSX]

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That's the best tactical gear sight I've yet seen

 

[GrayGoose]

That's your tax dollars making us all feel so safe...

 

[TTSX]

If you send boxes of poop regularly, eventually someone is gonna steal one and open it up. Combine it with a glitter bomb and...

 

[CamoDeafie]

If you send boxes of poop regularly, eventually someone is gonna steal one and open it up. Combine it with a glitter bomb and...

Pretty sh***y?

 

[CamoDeafie]

As to Fed/State inspecting parcels and such..

 

[Flopsweat]

If you send boxes of poop regularly, eventually someone is gonna steal one and open it up. Combine it with a glitter bomb and...

Neighbor surveying the cardboard all over the lawn: "What the hell was in the package?"
TTSX: "Firecracker, microswitch, 9 volt battery, improvised electric fuse."
"Anything else?"
"Half pound of doberman poop."
"Now I see it. You put some work into that."
"Keeping the poop soft was the trickiest part."

 

[CamoDeafie]

"Keeping the poop soft was the trickiest part."

Diesel fuel? like the way US military "disposed" of poop by mixing with diesel.and burning?

 

[Flopsweat]

Diesel fuel? like the way US military "disposed" of poop by mixing with diesel.and burning? View attachment 1872756

I was thinking glycerin, but I haven't actually tried it. You'd have to stir it in... Not going that far unless I'm really motivated. Also, where I am now, I'd be concerned about a helpful neighbor getting accidentally fragged.

 

[Alexx1401]

I was thinking glycerin, but I haven't actually tried it. You'd have to stir it in... Not going that far unless I'm really motivated. Also, where I am now, I'd be concerned about a helpful neighbor getting accidentally fragged.

Well I bet they would NOT be helpful anymore

 

[Yarome]

Is that why my jolly green giant imitation sex toy got delayed last month?

Your priorities might be a little skewed. If mine was gooberment inspected I would be less concerned about the delay in transit than I would about... "deflowering residuals".

 

[Spitpatch]

Ordered plate carriers, no plates. At the UPS distribution site in Oregon, status changes to on hold, government inspection.

Called for clarification, UPS states the federal government holds up a bunch of packages once or twice a week to search for drugs.

Received package and it was never opened, so guess they just x rayed it.

Just a FYI, your rights eroding away.

Which "rights" are "eroded" here? Inspection of mail for contraband is as old hat as mail itself.

 

[CamoDeafie]

But those shipments of fenty are bypassed.

Fentanyl has "legitimate" uses/prescription system, just like Morphine. Both are Schedule II and both on W.H.O.'s list of "essential" pharmaceticual drugs.

Its the misuse and abuse of both that is a big problem. Edit. just like guns.

 

[Stomper]

Is that why my jolly green giant imitation sex toy got delayed last month?

Does it say, "Ho' ho' ho' " all pimp style like?

 

[Loc]

Which "rights" are "eroded" here? Inspection of mail for contraband is as old hat as mail itself.

I'd argue the 4th amendment specifically because this is UPS, a private business, and not a government entity like USPS. This is a fishing expedition without a license (warrant) because there exists no reasonable suspicion that the random packages they are inspecting contain contraband. If, however, a LE agency were to have credible intelligence on a package containing contraband, AND obtained a warrant, then I could see them searching for it in this manner. However, any contraband they discovered in the process that was not a part of the warrant would not be allowed as evidence against an unrelated party.

Without looking it up, I'm pretty sure the SCOTUS disagrees with me on this, but they're not always correct in their interpretations (see, "Chevron Doctrine").