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An Uber Eats driver took a suspicious package to a police station in Sydney.Carsten Koall/Getty Images
A drug dealer gave an Uber driver a one-star rating after she brought a suspicious package to the police.
Jess told the Sydney Morning Herald it was “dodgy” when she was told the order was toothpaste.
The package turned out to be two grams of crystal methamphetamine hidden in a tube of toothpaste.
An Uber driver received a one-star rating from a drug dealer furious that she took a suspicious package to a police station.
As it turns out, the rider from Sydney, Australia was right, as it contained two grams of what is believed to be crystal methamphetamine hidden in a tube of toothpaste.
Jess, whose last name was not revealed The Sydney Morning Heraldsaid she was disappointed with Uber’s handling of the situation and was even told she had not delivered the package.
Jess is a full-time schoolteacher, but last month decided to join Uber Eats as a part-time job to try and cope with the rising cost of living. On her second shift on April 22, she told the Herald that she picked up an order from a restaurant in a plastic bag with a black zipper.
She immediately thought it looked suspicious, so she asked what was in the order. “Toothpaste,” the person told her, according to the report.
Jess decided to cancel the “dodgy” A$16 order and took the package to a police station. On the way, the drug dealer called and cursed her, the Herald reported.
A New South Wales police representative told the paper that officers had found a tube of toothpaste that they believed contained two grams of meth.
Jess said she tried calling Uber Eats but got no answer, so she flagged the incident on an online form.
A week later, the drug dealer was still on the app, along with the one-star review, while Jess hadn’t been paid for the delivery.
It was only after the Sydney Morning Herald contacted Uber that Jess received an apology and was told that “appropriate internal action has been taken” against the drug dealer. She was reimbursed and the review was removed.
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Jess said she was complaining on behalf of those who depend on Uber for a living.
“I’m not going to do this again because I’m so disgusted with how they treated me,” she told the outlet.
Uber started his Connect parcel delivery service in the US during the pandemic in July 2020.
Uber did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment outside of normal business hours.
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