Our Office Became the Unwitting Return Hub for a 150-Pound International Weed Smuggling Operation
Let’s set the scene: You return to your Los Angeles office after a week working remotely and find 17 suspicious cardboard boxes stacked at your door. The labels promise "toy ukulele" and "Star Wars Lego set," but inside—well, let’s just say it’s not something you’d want to explain to your boss, your mom, or the DEA. Over three months, more than 150 pounds (68kg!) of vacuum-sealed marijuana landed on your doorstep, all part of an international smuggling operation that you never signed up for.
How did this accidental brush with the weed underworld unfold? And what happens when the authorities get tired of picking up your drug deliveries? Welcome to the wild, true tale of how one office became the return address for a cannabis caper—and the internet’s hilarious, incredulous reaction.
From Toy Ukuleles to Trash Bin Contraband: The Weed Avalanche Begins
It started in February 2025, after the Palisades Fire forced staff to work remotely. The unsuspecting office workers returned to a mountain of packages addressed to people in London—fake names, of course—but using their own LA address as the “return.” The boxes, as the original poster (u/Sorry_Sorry_Im_Sorry) described, were stuffed with vacuum-sealed bags of weed and labeled as innocent children’s toys.
The shock was immediate and, according to OP, the drama only intensified as the months (and shipments) rolled on. Police and USPS agents responded with a shrug: One federal agent told the office to just throw future shipments in the dumpster. Yes, you read that right. The government, gutted of funding for these cases, declared the contraband not worth their time—unless a truly massive haul turned up.
And those boxes kept coming: 17 one week, then 6, then 8, then a mysterious, extra-heavy little box that would haunt the OP’s imagination for months. As one commenter put it, “You. Did. Not. Open. The. Dense. Box. Are you freaking nuts???” (u/divaminerva). OP admitted, “My biggest regret with these packages is that I didn't look inside that box,” but the fear of something “that would cause me damage” was enough to resist curiosity.
Community Conspiracies: Who Was in On It, and Where Did All That Weed Go?
With more than 50 boxes and a street value approaching a million dollars in London, Reddit detectives pounced. Was someone in the office part of the plot? “Methinks someone in your office was in on it,” speculated u/gratefulandee, while others suspected the sub-lessor (who first took the boxes home) or a previous tenant. OP was adamant: “We were subleasing the space though so possibly someone from there.”
But the biggest mystery: Why did the smugglers keep sending product to the same address, even after so many were clearly lost? “You’d think with the volume, after the second shipment didn’t get to whoever ordered it, they’d stop,” mused u/Double-Resolution179. Theories ranged from “money to burn” to “incredible inefficiency.” As OP noted, “I don't know at what scale this amount loss wouldn't matter to them… No one that we know of ever visited the office.”
And what of the “London connection”? Commenters pointed out the UK’s strict laws and high prices. As u/HaplessReader1988 did the math, “Even smuggled un-taxed tobacco is subject to police raids with sniffer dogs... Not too surprising in a country where it's completely illegal.”
Law Enforcement Shrugs, Reddit Debates Morality (and Opportunity)
Perhaps the most jaw-dropping aspect: The nonchalance of the authorities. Local police and USPS agents, swamped with bigger problems, repeatedly told the office to just trash the weed. As u/katmndoo worried, “Not sure I’d even comply with ‘throw it in the dumpster’... then see someone else retrieving it, then arrest you for aiding in the distribution.” OP wisely kept video/audio evidence of every official instruction.
Temptation, of course, came up: “If I was in California and several pounds of weed showed up on my doorstep I would simply invest in some fentanyl test strips and get ready to become a lot of people's best friend,” quipped u/everlasting1der. But OP’s research at dispensaries warned of hidden trackers and cartel retribution: “We decided the risk of a cartel or smuggling ring knocking on our door wasn't worth the payday.”
And let’s not forget the “bonfire” dreamers: “Can you imagine THE BON FIRE??! Epic!” (u/divaminerva) and those who would have “peeked into the small one, in case it contained three 1-kilo bars of gold, or something like that” (u/born_lever_puller).
Lessons Learned: What Would You Do?
By May, the final shipment arrived—just two boxes, a paltry six pounds. The office’s total haul: 150 pounds of international-grade cannabis, most of it deposited unceremoniously in a Los Angeles dumpster. No cartel enforcer ever came knocking, but the experience left more questions than answers: Who was behind the operation? What was in the heavy box? And how many other unsuspecting businesses are unwittingly supporting the world’s laziest drug smugglers?
The Reddit community’s mix of suspicion, humor, and genuine concern made this saga even richer. As u/SkwrlTail wryly noted, “I suspect someone out there is pissed as heck at various shipments not going where they needed to.” We may never know the real story behind the London-bound weed, but this office’s accidental adventure is a reminder: Sometimes, truth really is stranger (and funnier) than fiction.
What would you have done? Play it safe and toss the stash, or roll the dice and risk a run-in with the cartel—or the cops? Let us know in the comments!
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Original Reddit Post: Our office became a 'return address' for a international weed smuggling operation (150+ lbs)