You've Got (Weed) Mail

RACINE,Wi — A drug dog in Milwaukee hit on a package bound for a Racine address last week, starting a quick set-up by the Racine County Metro Drug Unit to try to nab the suspects.

The Racine County Sheriff’s Department Metro Drug Unit was contacted on Thursday by a Milwaukee police detective. The detective said that a dog had hit on a package at a shipping center in Milwaukee.

Officers found 11 pounds of marijuana inside the package. The package, which came from Texas, was to be sent to a Racine address in the 1300 block of Terrace Avenue.

A Racine County Metro Drug Unit agent agreed to act as the delivery person.


At 12:30 p.m. Thursday the agent delivered the package to the address, where a man reportedly took it from the front porch and put it on top of a garbage can next to the house.

A short time later a green minivan left the driveway. When agents stopped the vehicle they found Reyes Quezada-Sandoval and Francisco Llamas inside, along with the package.

During interviews with drug unit agents, Quezada-Sandoval said he met someone at El Ray Mexican Restaurant in Milwaukee who offered him $100 to drive to Racine to pick up a package. He said he was told it was a package of cheese. Quezada-Sandoval said he was going to drive the package to El Ray, where he said he had been told to leave it in the unlocked van for someone to pick up.

Llamas reportedly told agents that someone named Jose Reyes offered him $300 for the use of an address. Llamas said he gave his brother’s Terrace Avenue address for the delivery.

Both men reportedly told agents they expected to be paid after the delivery was complete.

Llamas, 38, 1233 Terrace Ave., and Quezada-Sandoval, 36, of Milwaukee, were charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver as party to the crime. If convicted, they could face up to $25,000 in fines and 12 1/2 years imprisonment.