Two Arabi men, who got videoptaped being arrested on their own surveillance system, had $5,000 worth of marijuana and 659 Xanax pills worth $3,300

Two Arabi men with a video surveillance system inside and outside of their residence at 6531 Chartres Street probably didn’t figure they would one day be videotaped on it getting arrested.

But it happened recently when St. Bernard Parish sheriff’s narcotics agents served a search warrant and found nearly a pound of high-grade marijuana worth about $5,000 and 659 tablets of the anti-anxiety prescription medication Xanax, worth nearly $3,000, Sheriff James Polmann said.

A shotgun, a handgun with an illegally obliterated serial number and a marijuana plant were also seized.

Treyson G. Thedy, 25, owner of the house, and Kevin Schmidt Jr., 18, who lives there, were both arrested the night of June 4 after agents from the sheriff’s Special Investigations Division executed a search warrant signed by a judge.

Apparently seeing officers arriving on the surveillance system, Schmidt ran out a back door and hid under the raised house and Thedy opened the door and threw out a large plastic bag containing marijuana, the sheriff said.

He said the surveillance system recorded all of the activity.

The pills were found inside the home.

Both Thedy and Schmidt were booked with possession with intent to distribute both marijuana and the Xanax, cultivation of marijuana, possession of a firearm in combination with a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number and possession of drug paraphernalia including scales, baggies, a grinder and cigars.

Thedy’s bond was initially set at $50,000 but was reduced to $25,000 on Tuesday by state District Judge Kirk Vaughn. No bond information was available for Schmidt.