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Sixteen postal workers in Atlanta and surrounding areas are being charged for taking bribes to deliver packages of cocaine.
According to U.S. Attorney John Horn, the postal workers provided special addresses on their routes where the drugs could be shipped and then intercepted the packages and delivered them to a person they believed was a drug trafficker using the postal system to ship multiple kilograms of cocaine at a time into the area in exchange for bribery payments.
The supposed drug trafficker was working with law enforcement and the packages contained fake drugs.
The postal workers charged include 15 letter carriers and one clerk who worked for post offices in Atlanta, Decatur, Doraville, Marietta, Riverdale and Sandy Springs.
“There’s been an increased number of occurrences across the country where postal service carriers have been subjected to violence,” Horn said. “What you can imagine is that the intersection of drug activity with having a postal carrier out in the community is something that leads to just a potential for violence that’s really unacceptable.”
