Columbia police find 23 pounds of marijuana in FedEx package

Columbia police said they arrested two men after finding a FedEx package with 23 pounds of marijuana inside on Monday afternoon.

Police said with the help of a Columbia police K-9 and FedEx investigators, they served a narcotics-related search warrant at 3247 Wind River Circle around 2:30 p.m., after a packaged addressed to “Wrong” was found containing 23 individually vacuumed sealed plastic bags of marijuana.

During the search warrant, police made contact with Roeun Rey and Bunrong Rey. Both of the men were taken into custody.

Police said they also found approximately 53 pounds of marijuana, $20,000.00 in a plastic bag, packaging material and a Ziploc vacuum sealer.

Roeun Rey faces possible charges of possession of a controlled substance and unlawful distribution of a controlled substance.

Bunrong Rey faces possible charges of possession of a controlled substance and unlawful distribution of a controlled substance.