Andrew J. Steinhiser, 28, and Christopher D. Wright, 23, were arrested Tuesday on felony drug charges after police searched their homes and seized pounds of marijuana.

JEFFERSON TWP — Postal authorities and state police vice officers thwarted the efforts of a pair of township men suspected of using the U.S. mail to receive hundreds of marijuana vapes and a pound of THC wax, according to investigators.

Arrested Tuesday on felony drug charges were Christopher D. Wright, 23, and Andrew J. Steinhiser, 28, after police searched their homes and seized a combined seven-and-a-half pounds of marijuana and more than $16,000 in currency.

Wright remains behind bars, while Steinhiser is free on bail.

A suspicious-looking United States Postal Service Priority Mail parcel that appeared Monday at the Saxonburg Post Office touched off the investigation, police said. The 15-pound, white cardboard box package was addressed to Steinhiser with a return address in Irvine, Calif.

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