Drug Bust

STANFORD. Calif.--In the first major drug bust since 1980, a Stanford junior was arrested at his campus residence this month for possession of hashish and cocaine. The Stanford Daily reported recently.

On October 6, police officers kicked open Neil MacAvoy's door at Alpha Delta Phi fraternity after he allegedly received a registered mail package containing hashish, police said.

A police dog trained to recognize the smell of drugs detected the package, sent from China, when it arrived at the airport.

A team of about a dozen officials, including agents of the Santa Clara County Narcotics Bureau, the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency, the U.S. Postal Service and Stanford Police went to the fraternity house. They ordered MacAvoy to open his door, but when he did not respond after 20 seconds, the officers forced their way into the room, according to police.

Police said they found cocaine, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia, including scales, in the room. They estimated the street value of the cocaine at $2000, the 40 to 45 grams of hashish from China at $400, and the marijuana at a few hundred dollars.