- The box containing 20 pounds of marijuana wrapped in plastic, allegedly sent from Texas to a Weona Road home, was also filled with orange slices in an attempt to mask the odor of marijuana.

NORTH ATTLEBORO

But Creed, the Bristol County Sheriff's narcotic-sniffing dog, was not fooled.

The dog discovered the package when it was checked at a Raynham mail facility before it was sent to 103 Weona Road, police said.

Tipped off about the package from law enforcement authorities in Ohio, police on Saturday arrested four suspects, who pleaded innocent Monday in Attleboro District Court on related drug charges. Dylan W. Adams, 22, of 53 South Worcester St., Norton, was ordered held in jail without bail by Judge David Turcotte because he is on probation for a similar drug offense.

A lawyer representing Adams, Paul Whelan of Attleboro, asked the judge to free his client saying he was innocent.

"He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time," Whelan said. Zachary M. Anderson, 22, of 342 Cumberland Ave., North Attleboro, was ordered held in jail on $10,000 cash bail.

Meanwhile, Brett Michael Tuzzo, 19, of 113 Weona Road, and Michael R. Cournoyer, 19, of 103 Weona Road, are free on bail.

Adams, Anderson, and Tuzzo all faces charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and drug conspiracy. Cournoyer was charged with possession of marijuana and drug conspiracy.

Police allege the marijuana had an estimated street value of $40,000. In addition police seized the suspects' cell phones and $1,300 cash.

The package was shipped from North Conway, Texas, and was noticed in Ohio by a special police drug unit, who then alerted Massachusetts authorities, Detective Lt. David Dawes said.

The suspects were arrested soon after a police officer posing as a parcel carrier delivered the package to Cournoyer's home, where Tuzzo was seen placing the package in his car.

Adams and Anderson were stopped in Adams's van on Mansfield Road, allegedly while they were on their way to pick up the package.

Detectives later observed cell phone text messages, allegedly from Tuzzo to Anderson, telling him to pick up the package. All but Adams gave detectives videotaped statements admitting their roles after they were arrested, according to court records.

The sting was conducted by local police and the Northern Bristol County Drug Task Force, which includes Attleboro, Norton, Mansfield and Raynham police.