Postal Officials Begin Arrests in Drug Sweep

Postal authorities Thursday began arresting 11 people they said had been selling drugs while on the job at the Van Nuys Post Office.

The arrests ended a five-month undercover investigation at the huge facility, which employs 1,800, Postal Inspector Dave Breault said.

Ten of the 11 people named in the federal arrest warrant are current postal employees and the other is a former employee, Breault said. Eight of those sought--all of them men working as mail handlers, clerks or temporary employees--had been arrested by Thursday evening, authorities said.