After nearly a month of my package being in limbo, I finally received it. The box itself was smashed a little and the vaccuum seal was probed. There was also water all over the the final vaccuum seal which the probe was not able to penetrate.
Nonetheless, the package was still shipped to me.
I'm still paranoid about LE. Has anyone else had this happen?
I wonder about this whole probed thing. Can anyone confirm whether or not this is happening to multiple packs from different vendors? Has it been confirmed that the "probe" penetrates the various layers of stealth material or is just the box?
I spoke with a friend who works for the postal service about this and it's something that they have never heard of and they are definitely in a position that they would have heard something. They suggested to me that it's possible that this damage is caused by the automated machines for sorting mail. Further they suggested that if LE or postal inspectors were suspicious of a package they would just open it and inventory the contents, they wouldn't spend the time to puncture it, run a probe inside and then in some cases try to cover their actions.