A US child opened a Lego box to find £30,000 ($40,000) of methamphetamine hidden inside.
The child was given the box by three women from South Carolina after they bought the box of toys on a shopping trip in Charleston.
Investigator Jim Riggs, from Bulloch County Sheriff’s department, said the women drove back with the Lego box.
He told The Statesboro Herald: “They took it and gave it to a young child, who opened the box.”
After the child opened the box, the women turned it over to Bulloch County Sheriff’s investigator, Jason Borne, before calling the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
The DEA said the box could have been purchased in a storage auction before making its way to the second-hand store it was bought at without anyone questioning its contents.
Riggs said dealers tend to send drugs to empty or abandoned addresses to be picked up.
However, the US Postal Service will not leave packages, so they are sometimes left with a neighbour or auctioned off amongst other unclaimed packages, Riggs explained.
DEA agents believe this is how the Lego box ended up in the toy section of a shop in Charleston.
Deputies said no charges were filed in this case.
