Florida police say the wrong address on a FedEx package resulted in the arrest of a Bahamian woman on drug charges.
Perez Perissa Ferguson, 26, of Grand Bahama, faces cocaine importation charges after law enforcement intercepted 2.9 kilos of cocaine shipped from The Bahamas.
According to a probable cause affidavit, FedEx received the package on June 16.
However, they could not deliver the package containing “face masks” to Dave Black at 851 NW Terrace, Apartment 2220, Fort Lauderdale, Florida to the abandoned address.
As a result, the package was returned to FedEx.
Over the next two days, Ferguson repeatedly called FedEx about the status of the delivery, the affidavit said.
After several corrections to the delivery address, Ferguson asked FedEx to deliver the package to her at 821 NW Terrance, Apartment 2220, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The repeated address changes raised suspicions and FedEx alerted the authorities.
When law enforcement searched the package, they found multiple packages of cocaine.
They removed the drugs and replaced it with sham cocaine and placed the apartment under surveillance. The officers saw Ferguson at the residence, the affidavit said.
Abandoned delivery
On June 18, an undercover agent contacted Ferguson and arranged to deliver the package to her at the Broward Mall.
After driving around the parking lot, Ferguson eventually parked. Damian Sherman accompanied her.
Then Ferguson sent a text message to the undercover agent, asking if he was police.
Ferguson later arranged to collect the package at the movie theater entrance to the mall.
However, the undercover agent approached the theatre without the package.
Sherman called the agent asking the location of the package. He replied that he had left in his vehicle.
Afterwards, Ferguson called saying she had decided not to collect the package.
Law enforcement stopped Ferguson’s truck and arrested her.
Post arrest, Ferguson claimed she had been hired to collect the package and take it to a person called Zar for $75.
Ferguson said she owns a delivery business. She was in Florida on a visitor’s visa.
Ferguson’s arraignment will take place on July 6.
