The question here is, do you immediately call the authorities and go insane over your roof, or do you put something temporary over the hole, and focus on unloading all that marijuana?
An Arizona couple woke up to the sound of something crashing through the roof of their Arizona home, but they laid back down thinking it was thunder and lightning from a storm.
Maya and Bill Donnelly then woke up and discovered a large plastic package and a hole in the roof of their home. The couple mistakenly received a 23-pound parcel that police say contained about $10,000 worth of marijuana.
The illegal drugs had likely fallen from a smuggler’s aircraft that had taken off from Mexico, officials said.
“The package likely fell out of the sky,” Nogales Police Department spokesman Det. Robert Fierros told ABC News. “We have seen ultralight [plane] activity in our town before, but never seen a package that is assumed to be from an ultralight fall so close to the border.”
Authorities explained that such drug drops usually occur in the desert and on the outskirts of town.
The family has not responded to ABC News’ request for comment.
The home is about 1,000 feet from the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said.