Three face felony drug charges

Evening Sun Times
July 14, 2009

NORWICH – Last week the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) intercepted 10 pounds of marijuana in a postal package being mailed from Donna, Texas to a Town of Norwich residence.

Following a month-long investigation conducted by Sheriff’s detectives, DEA Special Agents and Postal Inspector Detectives, police intercepted the package and then conducted a search at two Norwich homes, one of them being the alleged destination of the drug parcel.

The package containing 10 pounds of marijuana led police to charge three Town of Norwich residents with various drug-related felonies, according to the Chenango County Sheriff’s Department.

The package was mailed from Texas to Carl Smith Jr., 52, police said. Police then obtained a search warrant and seized the package, marijuana plants and a .22 caliber rifle.

At around 5 p.m. Thursday, officers from the three agencies executed a narcotic search warrant at 254 County Rt. 34 in the Town of Norwich and discovered eight marijuana plants in the back yard, two small bags of marijuana, a loaded .22 caliber rifle, and an illegally possessed “black jackâ€