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Feds arrest Charlotte man, accused of getting Xanax, fentanyl in mail

By Blake Hanson
By Blake Hanson

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Authorities intercepted a shipment of Xanax and Fentanyl that was being shipped in the mail through Charlotte, according to federal court documents.

Investigators believe Marcus Armstrong was accepting the shipment for someone else and getting paid for it. Police said the package was addressed to a home in west Charlotte, but Armstrong did not live there.

Armstrong asked a letter carrier last week why the package hadn’t arrive, according to investigators. He called the Yorkmont Post Office near Charlotte Douglas International Airport and went there to pick up the package, authorities said.

(Marcus Armstrong)

Federal authorities said Armstrong tried to flee when he saw that U.S. postal inspectors were waiting for him, but an agent tackled him, officials said.

An affidavit said Armstrong admitted in an interview that someone asked him to accept packages for $500 each. They were apparently bound for someone in the Atlanta area.

Armstrong said the address he was using was a family friend’s home, investigators said.

While it’s not uncommon that drugs are shipped through the mail, it’s often marijuana or cocaine. It’s less often that drugs such as fentanyl or Xanax are shipped.

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