Uber Eats driver finds marijuana in burrito meal

begin with a delivery mixup a delivery person in South Jersey was in a for a smelly surprise that launched a police investigation yeah because inside of a bogus burrito was quite a bit of marijuana New Jersey correspondent Trish Hartman live in Washington Township now with more on this most unusual delivery Trish yeah Brian Christie so many of us can get food delivered at the click of a button right well on Friday police were called by a delivery driver who thought she was delivering a meal it turned out to be a completely different kind of delivery altogether for one Uber Eats driver it started with a pickup here in lindenwald on Friday night she uh was in the middle of the Uber Eats delivery um with what she believed to be a burrito meal her mission was to deliver this to Glassboro the package appeared to contain a foil wrapped burrito a box of soup mix and a bottle of water but police say as she was driving she started to suspect this was no ordinary burrito an unmistakable odor was coming from the bag she believed something didn't smell right with with her delivery package she believed it smelled like marijuana and she pulled over called the police department she pulled over in Washington Township along Fries Mill Road and called police he inspected the package curbside and determined that it was not a burrito uh meal that there was no meat or lettuce or beans or rice um that that was actually an ounce of marijuana the non burrito was taken into evidence and now police are investigating where the drugs came from because police say the food didn't come from a restaurant there's a good chance the suspects were using the the option to deliver a package from point A to point B according to Uber's website things like medication alcohol and illegal substances are not allowed the chief said the driver did exactly the right thing by calling police and it serves as a good reminder when using services like this to anybody that uh delivers Uber Eats or or utilizes Uber um as as a way of transportation just you always have to be cautious and always have to be safe and keep that in the back of your mind now no charges have been filed in this case but it is under investigation we reached out to Uber and a spokesperson called this quote deeply disturbing and they encourage any drivers to reach out to local authorities if they think anything suspicious is going on anyone with any information is asked to contact Washington Township Police we're live in Washington Township Trish Hartman Channel 6 Action News Brian okay Trish thank you