3 Women Buy a Box of Legos for a Child, Find $40,000 Worth of Meth Inside

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5/8/2019Updated: 5/8/2019

Three women purchased a box of Legos in Charleston, South Carolina, as a gift for a child but instead found methamphetamine worth $40,000 inside.

The women purchased the toy box from a consignment shop and took it home unaware that they were transporting three pounds of meth, reported the Statesboro Herald.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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