Driver called police after seeing that delivery order to motel room included zip ties, hatchet, bleach and trash bags
A driver for a delivery service recently helped police in west-central Texas foil a hostage situation after reporting that he had delivered zip ties, a hatchet and other suspicious items to a motel room as part of an order, according to authorities and media accounts.
In a news release published on social media, police from the city of Sweetwater said they had been called to a local motel on Monday morning by a delivery service worker who became suspicious over certain items that he delivered to a room there at the behest of a platform customer.
Police did not disclose exactly what the items in question were. But witnesses told Texas media outlets KTAB and KRBC that – among other things – the delivery included trash bags, zip ties, bleach and a hatchet.
When officers approached the room to which those items had been delivered, 42-year-old Neil Cooper of Snyder, Texas, said he was armed and would not come out, police said. Officers were also told that there was “a possible hostage … inside the room”.
