COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police in Ohio are searching for a man who tried to smuggle illegal codeine to Memphis.
According to WSYX, a worker at a local shipping company became suspicious after a man walked into the store with an unwrapped teddy bear.
He asked her to put it in a box and then ship it to a home in Memphis.
Usually very light, the toy was extremely heavy and police said the entire encounter seemed off to the employee.
After the man left the store, she cut the bear open and discovered liquid codeine inside.
Authorities said the painkiller, which can only be used with a doctor’s prescription, is often mixed with sodas and is known as “purple drank” or “lean.”
The mixture is suppose to “produce a euphoric high.”
An alert has been sent out to all of the local shipping companies to be on the lookout for the drug smuggler.