This ruse went up in smoke.

A New Jersey Uber Eats driver thought she was delivering a customer a burrito when a strong, unmistakable odor led her to discover she was actually muling marijuana, according to police.

The woman picked up what appeared to be a normal food order from a location in Lindenwold, Camden County, on Friday night — a burrito wrapped up in tin foil, a soup and a water bottle, according to Washington Township Police.

But as she was driving she recognized the odor coming from the bag of food — and it wasn’t carnitas.

She pulled over and called the police.

An officer arrived and “inspected the package curbside and determined that it was not a burrito meal,” said Gurcsik.

“There was no meat, or lettuce or beans or rice. It was actually an ounce of marijuana,” he said.

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    An officer arrived and “inspected the package curbside and determined that it was not a burrito meal,

    Good job Columbo, you really cracked the case there.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPM
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    The woman picked up what appeared to be a normal food order from a location in Lindenwold, Camden County, on Friday night — a burrito wrapped up in tin foil, a soup and a water bottle

    The misdirection worked as they overlooked the heroin soup.

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    Everyone knows you gotta deliver it with a hot meal of a lot of onions, chilli peppers, and cabbage. Gotta overpower the skunk through its 12 bags.