Two arrested on drug charges after receiving drug shipment by mail

Palmer Jr. (left) and Claud

DOVER, Del. – Officials arrested two men on numerous drug charges Friday afternoon after they reportedly received a drug shipment through the mail.

We’re told that 31-year-old Michael Palmer Jr. and 38-year-old Sheldon Claud were arrested in the parking lot of the Dover Post Office after receiving a package containing MDMA (ecstasy). Involved in the arrest was the Dover Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations Department, Customs and Border Patrol, and United States Postal Inspections.

Along with 201.2 grams of MDMA, the men were found to be in possession of 45.2 grams of powder cocaine, 27.6 grams of crack cocaine, 532.6 grams of marijuana, 196 doses of LSD, approximately 1,239 bags of heroin (8.673 grams), 52 vials of THC oil (approximately 38.084 grams), a loaded 9mm handgun, and $6,904 in drug money.

Palmer is currently being held at the Sussex Correctional Institution on $702,200 cash bond on several drug charges. Claud is also being held at the Sussex Correctional Institution on $691,200 cash bond.