More than a dozen U.S. postal workers in Atlanta were delivered themselves into the hands of federal investigators when they were caught dropping off kilograms of cocaine in return for cash, authorities say.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said 15 letter carriers and a clerk have been indicted on charges of accepting bribes to deliver quantities of drugs in the metro Atlanta area.
What the USPS workers didn’t know was the whole scheme was a sting, U.S. Attorney John Horn said in a news release.
“Postal employees are entrusted to perform a vital service as they travel through our communities, often visiting our homes and interacting personally with our citizens,” Horn said. “The defendants in this case allegedly sold that trust out to someone they knew to be a drug dealer, and simply for cash in their pockets they were willing to endanger themselves and the residents on their routes and bring harmful drugs into the community.”
David J. LeValley, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Atlanta Field Office called the allegations “disturbing to say the least.”