stole a total of 1094 grams valued at $11000
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The Caddo Parish Sheriff's office says a United States Postal worker is under arrest for allegedly stealing marijuana from packages he was supposed to be delivering. CPSO spokesman Bobby Herring says they got an anonymous tip that 31-year-old Russell Leon Ellis of Shreveport was stealing the mail he thought contained pot.
"He would poke holes in the packages and smell them," said Herring.
Herring says initially Ellis was charged with possession of schedule I marijuana.
He says narcotics agents moved in on the mailman as he was removing the drugs from the postal packages.
"And when they caught him in the act he had about 476 grams of marijuana on him with a street value of just under $5000," said Herring.
They were able to obtain a search warrant for the suspect's home and there they found an additional 618 grams of suspected marijuana with a street value of $6100, 25 weapons and $15,000 in cash.
Herring says the suspect was targeting packages being sent from states that have legalized marijuana.
"And that was kinda his tip off and that's why he would punch the holes and smell it," Herring said.
The United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General also investigated this case and Ellis could face federal charges
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