South Carolina woman had $180K worth of cocaine sent to house, police say

KERSHAW, S.C. — A woman in Kershaw, South Carolina was arrested for having about six and a half pounds of cocaine worth around $180,000 sent to her house, officials say.

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In a news release, the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office said law enforcement agencies seized 6.645 pounds of what was believed to be cocaine that was sent to a house in Kershaw on Feb. 13. Lancaster County Multijurisdictional Narcotics Task Force agents were notified about a package with cocaine that was being shipped from somewhere outside of the United States to the South Carolina address.

South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and Homeland Security Investigations worked together to intercept the package and have it tested to see if it was cocaine, officials said, according to WHNS.

Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office said that the package had two large bricks inside of compressed powder that was addressed to Quanisha Lashay Manago, 28.

Once it was confirmed to be illegal drugs, an agent posed as a post office employee to deliver the package, WHNS reported.

Manago took the box, placed it in a car and then got into the vehicle, officials said.

Manago was arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, WHNS reported.

Authorities say there was another woman inside the car at the time of the arrest but she has not been charged.

“This operation illustrates how effective information sharing and cooperation among law enforcement agencies is,” said Sheriff Barry Faile in the news release. “Within a few short days, the information was received, an operations plan was created, and the operation was carried out flawlessly with the participation of lots of officers from multiple agencies. The weight of this Cocaine was 3,014 grams, and Cocaine sells for about $60.00 a gram, making the street value of this parcel over $180,000.00. This was a lot of Cocaine, and thanks to all who participated it will never hit the street. The case is not over, and law enforcement continues to investigate both ends of this shipment.”