Strange package at Klein home turns out to be dangerous drugs

A Harris County resident grew suspicious after someone asked them to drop off a package at the jail, and it’s a good thing they did.

Instead of going through with it, the resident called for help. A Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy came to pick up the brown paper sack and brought it back to the station, where a sergeant opened it up.

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Inside was a clear plastic bag with items marked “hazardous materials.”

That raised enough concern to call the Klein Fire Department around 7:44 p.m. Friday.

Once firefighters got a look at it, they reached out to the Harris County Fire Marshal’s HazMat team, experts in dealing with questionable materials like this.

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They ran several tests at the scene. All of them pointed to the same thing: the bag contained dangerous illegal drugs.

The area was cleared just before 9 p.m., and the package was handed over to be used as evidence.