Posted on 01/05/2016 5:32:58 PM PST by Ken H
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) A deputy who works for a Northern California anti-narcotics task force is facing felony drug charges after he was arrested delivering $2 million worth of marijuana to someone in Pennsylvania.
According to a criminal complaint, officers arrested Yuba County Sheriff Deputy Christopher M. Heath, along with 2 other men, driving across the country with 122 packages of marijuana. Each package weighed about a pound.
The trio was stopped on December 29 after police received a tip. All three were booked into York County Prison.
Heath, 37, was also carrying his badge, his duty firearm and $11,000 in cash, according to the York County District Attorney. He has been released on $1 million bail.
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This story is impossible, cops do not break the law, to suggest they do is anathema on Free Republic. As long as this guy got home safe, that’s all that matters. I like that he’s on PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. WHAT????????
ARF! That must have been an interesting line of work.
I’m in the wrong business. The stuff is so easy to grow....er...I mean...
Ironically the quality is so high here now it’s an export commodity to Mexico.
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