arizona is near a certain foreign country... hmmm...
the names of the involved people resemble names from that certain country.
and a part-time mayor of a small municipality is not someone i would call a high order politician. but hey, if they were set-up i'll be the first to apologize to them. but the cops can only go on the info they have at the time.
and it turns out that the cops were not set off by some anonymous tipster. they were alerted by a drug dog. so the 3rd party set-up argument kinda goes out the window.
He may be small potatoes but his wife is a finance officer for the state and the package was addressed to her. It really will be interesting to see how this turns out.
Have you seen what he's involved with when he isn't being part-time mayor? Real ID legislation, insurance issues, genetic research policy, intergovernmental affairs, and more.
but the cops can only go on the info they have at the time.
Which apparently consisted of pot+house=must kick in door, kill dogs