Finders ….Keepers?

Woman 'finds drugs in vacuum cleaner box'

A woman who was given a refurbished vacuum cleaner as a present reportedly found $280,000 (£176,000) worth of illegal drugs inside the box when she opened it on Christmas Day.

The unnamed woman discovered 2lb of crystal methamphetamine in the package, as well as 2.2lb of cocaine, the Green Bay Press Gazette reports.

Brown County Drug Task Force head Lt David Poteat said: "This was an 'are you kidding me' incident."

It is believed that the illegal substances were placed into the box before it was shipped from Mexico. The woman who received the cleaner is not suspected of playing any part in the alleged smuggling.