The man told police he was preparing to clean out the contents of the locker that he had purchased at auction when the previous renter had not paid his bill. According to
FOX23, police noted that the buyer received the contents of the shed for US$126 ($161), which included a US$16 buyer’s fee.
Before he began cleaning, the man saw a large plastic toolbox on the floor, EARP reports. He removed the lid and saw that the box was filled with vacuum-sealed bags, each about 30 by 45 centimetres, of what looked like cannabis. A police field test showed the hefty haul was estimated to have an approximate street value of US$315,000 ($403,200). / Photo by Eastern Adams Regional Police, Facebook
The auction of a self-storage shed in Adams County led to a drug arrest, according to police.Eastern Adams Regional police said they were called Wednesday to Hilltop Self Storage along Carlisle Pike.A person told police he purchased the contents of a storage shed, sight unseen, after the renter did not pay the bill.The new owner reported that he opened a toolbox inside the shed and discovered vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana.More than 70 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $315,000 was confiscated, according to authorities. That s probably one of the largest confiscations of marijuana in Adams County in recent history,” Eastern Adams Regional Police Chief Francis Staab said.Police said they identified the former renter as 31-year-old Andreas Garcia-Grajeda, of New Oxford, and took him into custody. He is charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.
Police called after Adams County auction deal literally goes to pot
York Dispatch
The winning buyer of the contents of an Adams County storage shed wound up with more than his money s worth but learned that not every treasure is a windfall. Call it a good deal gone to pot.
The winner paid $110, plus a $16 buyer s fee, for items stored in a shed at Hilltop Self Storage on Carlisle Pike in Oxford Township after the man who was renting it fell in arrears on rent, according to charging documents filed by Eastern Adams Regional Police.
As the buyer started going through the contents of the shed, he opened a large plastic toolbox filled with 63 vacuum-sealed bags that held 70 pounds of marijuana, according to police.
Drug bust at New Oxford storage unit uncovers $315,000 worth of marijuana
The drugs were found when the storage unit s contents were sold at auction, after the previous renter, Andres Garcia-Grajeda, 31, did not pay his bill, police say.
Credit: Eastern Adams Regional Police Author: Keith Schweigert (FOX43) Updated: 12:14 PM EST January 28, 2021
NEW OXFORD, Pa. Eastern Adams County Regional Police say they arrested a 31-year-old New Oxford man Wednesday after a search of a storage unit he had rented uncovered approximately $315,000 worth of marijuana.
Officers were dispatched to Hilltop Self Storage on the 2600 block of Carlisle Pike in New Oxford at 3:54 p.m. for the report of suspected drug activity, police say. There, they met a man who had bought the contents of one of the storage sheds at the business after the shed s previous renter did not pay his bill.