Pot delivered to Jerome Simpson's home

CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Authorities said they tracked a package containing 2.5 pounds of high-grade California marijuana to the Kentucky home of Cincinnati Bengal Jerome Simpson.

Michelle Gregory, spokeswoman for the California Department of Justice, said authorities tracked a suspected marijuana package sent from Eureka, Calif., and discovered after it arrived at Simpson's Crestview Hills, Ky., home that it contained 2.5 pounds of high-grade marijuana, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Thursday.

Gregory said Simpson and fellow Bengals player Anthony Collins were at the home when a woman, identified as Aleen Smith, 27, accepted the package. Simpson gave police permission to search his home and they found 6 more pounds of marijuana along with "packaging materials, scales and smoking devices," Gregory said.

"The house was set up as a potential distribution network," said Tommy LaNier, head of the National Marijuana Initiative, which is funded by the Office of National Drug Control Policy to coordinate marijuana operations across the United States.

No arrests have been made and California and Kentucky authorities are determining what agency would handle potential prosecution in the ongoing investigation.