By Candie Beck thecabin.net Copyright 2012 The Cabin. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

A local man found himself in a “sticky” situation on Thursday and ended the night behind bars at The Faulkner County Detention Center charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Officers with the Conway Police Department entered the apartment of Justin Omar Austin, 21, a resident of Westlake Apartments, after he received a package from a local mail carrier. Prior to the package being delivered, a local carrier called Officer Clay Smith to bring his drug sniffing dog “Chewie” to see if the package contained any illegal drugs. 

When the dog alerted that the package did contain drugs, the decision was made to allow the package to be delivered to apprehend the recipient.

According to La Tresha Woodruff, public information officer, when the officers found Austin, his hands and arms were covered with hair gel that had high grade marijuana inside it.

Austin alleges that the package was not his and he didn’t know what was in it before he opened it.

The officers recovered 1.7 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $6,000.00.

The package had been sent to Austin from an address in California.