A southeast Missouri automotive repair shop had an unexpected find with the SUV door it bought from a Texas salvage yard – cocaine hidden inside the door with a street value of $150,000.
The Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic reports that authorities believe the six pounds of cocaine arrived in Missouri last week by mistake.
Poplar Bluff Police Chief Danny Whiteley says the door apparently came from wrecked SUV in the Dallas area.
The vehicle was impounded by police and never claimed. It ended up in a Dallas salvage yard.
When the door arrived last week at a Poplar Bluff repair shop workers found powder cocaine tucked inside five plastic storage containers inside the door.
An investigation is under way to trace the source of the drug.