FedEx delivers illegal drugs

San Mateo County Sheriff's Deputies received a report of a suspicious package at a residence on Don Court in unincorporated Redwood City on Feb. 7.

The package was a large FedEx delivery box that was left at a vacant house. A note on the door instructed the deliverer to leave the box outside, according to Wyss.

While the deputies were investigating the box, a suspicious vehicle drove by the house, Wyss reported. When deputies questioned the driver, identified as Yakobey, he claimed he was lost. Deputies obtained his identification and let him go.

Sheriff's deputies took possession of the package as found property and opened it to discover a large suitcase, according to Wyss.

Inside a false compartment in the suitcase, deputies found the 13 pounds of hashish with an estimated street value of $60,000 to $100,000.

An investigation led back to the suspicious vehicle seen in the area, Wyss reported. The note left on the door of the Don Court residence left a telephone number that matched that of the suspicious vehicle's driver.

Based on the information, a search warrant was issued for a residence in the 700 block of Esther Lane.

When the Narcotics Task Force served the warrant on Tuesday at 5 a.m., they arrested Yakobey for attempting to escape. A search of his residence also turned up more hashish and $12,960.

Yakobey was charged with possession of concentrated cannabis for sale, importation of concentrated cannabis, and maintaining a place for the sale of concentrated cannabis.

The package originated out of Anjuna, India, according to Wyss, but the hashish was made in the Middle East. Details of the investigation have been forwarded to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.