Sheriff’s Office seizes 2.2 pounds of high-grade marijuana worth $23,700, some $5,600 in cash and arrests a couple who were dealing the drugs

Codie Shepherd, arrested with marijuana and cash.

Nicholas Mendoza, arrested with marijuana and cash.

Sheriff’s Office narcotics agents have seized 2.2 pounds of high-grade marijuana worth $23,700, some $5,600 in cash and arrested a Chalmette couple who were dealing the drugs, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Nicholas Mendoza, 20, and Codie Shepherd, 24, are booked with possession of 2.2 pounds of marijuana with intent to distribute and with other charges, the sheriff said.

Mendoza, who lives at two addresses, 2109 Mumphrey Road and 3127 Buffon, has been released from St. Bernard Parish Prison on bond set at $30,000. Shepherd, 2109 Mumphrey, has also been released on bond.

Narcotics agents, who developed information that the couple had been receiving and dealing marijuana, arrested them the evening of April 9 and believe they had received the high-grade marijuana from a source in California.

Maj. Chad Clark, commander of the Special Investigations Division, said an investigation is continuing into the source of the drugs.

About an ounce of marijuana was found in a vehicle stopped by officers and the rest inside the Mumphrey Road address when a search warrant was executed there.

As well as the charges relating to intent to distribute, Mendoza and Shepherd also were both booked with possession of 400 grams or more of marijuana, illegal use of a controlled, dangerous substance in the presence of a minor and possession of drug paraphernalia, including scales, a sealer machine and a roll of sealer bags.