U.S. deputies say 1.3 kilograms of meth, worth about USD$40,000 was found by a child in a box of Lego.
The unsuspecting trio drove the "toys" back to Statesboro, Georgia, and gifted them to a child.
Three women from Georgia found the box that appeared to be full of Lego bricks while on a trip to a consignment shop in Charleston, South Carolina, The Statesboro Herald reports.
The women immediately contacted the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office about the drugs, according to WNEP-TV. Deputies said on their Facebook page they collected the meth and called the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The women gave the box to a child who opened it and found $40,000 worth of drugs, said Jim Riggs, an investigator with the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office, CNN affiliate WSB reported.
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"A Bulloch County citizen reported to the Sheriff's Office that they purchased a box of Legos at a consignment shop in SC", the office said on Facebook.
The Postal Service will then auction off unclaimed packages, "sort of like 'Storage Wars", Riggs said. "Upon returning home and opening the box they discovered the box contained a quantity of methamphetamine instead of Legos".
After an investigation with Drug Enforcement Agency agents, police determined the drugs had possibly been mailed to an incorrect address, investigator Jason Borne told the newspaper.
'Meth is a major threat in SC right now, ' Robert Evans, a Drug Enforcement Agency agent and spokesman based in Atlanta, told the Independent Mail.
Because the woman and the consignment shop were allegedly unaware of the drugs, the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office said that no charges will be filed.
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