It wasn't the ice-cream maker that got a San Diego man in trouble; it was the meth he'd packed inside

A San Diego man pleaded guilty yesterday to shipping meth to addresses in Somerville and Provincetown.

According to the US Attorney's office, Leonard Leseman, 58, sent more than 30 meth packages to Robert Annette in Somerville and Provincetown between 2011 and 2013:

Leseman and Annette communicated via text message to discuss the logistics for orders, shipments and payments. For example, regarding a package that Leseman sent Annette, Leseman advised him: "You'll see 3 blind mice eating ice cream." After Leseman mailed the package from San Diego, Postal Inspectors in Massachusetts seized the package and opened it pursuant to a search warrant. Inside the package were three toy mice and an ice cream maker with four ounces of methamphetamine hidden inside.

Leseman faces sentencing Sept. 14. Annette and other defendents, who include Lawrence Ligocki of Chelsea; and Scott Hill of Somerville have also pleaded guilty and are also awaiting sentencing.