USPS helps bust up marijuana ring that connected SC to California, police say
Maybe they never thought the post office would bust them but the stamp selling agency did.
Sumter Police Department teamed up with the United States Postal Service’s inspection officers and netted four arrests in what they say was a scheme to move marijuana across the country into the Midland’s county. The two agencies announced the bust up Saturday.
Leroy Dixon, 51, would buy marijuana from a California “co-conspirator” and have the drug mailed to Sumter, according to police. His wife, Lantanya Dixon, 41, would pick up the packages and bring them to the couple’s house in the county east of Richland. The duo moved at least 500 pounds of marijuana into Sumter, the police department said.
Investigators allege that Tyrese Washington, 18, would also help to move the marijuana as well as Gregory McCabe, 34, and Cedric Stevens, 49. All lived in Sumter.
The investigation done by Sumter Police Department’s vice squad and the USPS took months, authorities said.
The post office put together a “controlled delivery of two parcels” on Feb. 6, according to Sumter police. After the packages were in, a warrant was served at the Dixon’s home, and local and federal officers found eight pounds of marijuana ready for sale. Inside the controlled delivery packages was six pounds of marijuana, investigators said.
“The investigation is continuing and more arrests are expected,” the Sumter Police Department stated.
This story was originally published February 16, 2019 at 3:08 PM.