08-15-2017, 01:29 AM
I have now seen the same warning given by the OP via another source. There seems to be an emphasis on "special delivery" post. In the UK Special Delivery is entirely different to the type of regular post. Even post that is signed for on delivery is different to Special Delivery because SD is tracked every step of the way, insured to a far higher limit and guaranteed to arrive by either 9am or 1pm the next day. SD goes through a different channels since it is higher priority. ie. It isn't sorted with the rest of the mail. Therefore, it would be much easier for LE to have a look at those packages.
I still think anything going through the main stream of mail is in such vast quantities that the police do not have the resources to check it. But special delivery is a very small fraction of the post sent (I'd guess less than 0.5%) and of that half will probably be legal documents - i.e. it is clearly going to/from a law firm, is made of paper etc. Therefore special delivery wouldn't be a huge effort to take a look at.
I still think anything going through the main stream of mail is in such vast quantities that the police do not have the resources to check it. But special delivery is a very small fraction of the post sent (I'd guess less than 0.5%) and of that half will probably be legal documents - i.e. it is clearly going to/from a law firm, is made of paper etc. Therefore special delivery wouldn't be a huge effort to take a look at.