HPD Officer Michael Chu, 41, has been arrested and charged with conspiring to possess and distribute Marijuana. The arrest is the result of a DEA investigation.

Hawaii News Now reports: 

On April 5, according to court documents, a FedEx security manager seized a package at Honolulu airport sent from California to an apartment on Kapiolani Boulevard. An inspection of the package turned up 8 starter marijuana plants.

A day later DEA agents executed a Federal search warrant of the Kapiolani apartment. A manager told agents that a woman by the name of Athena Lee lived in the apartment and may be living with Chu. While searching the apartment, DEA agents say they recovered more than 20 marijuana plants and large amounts of US currency.

During the search Lee and Chu returned to the apartment. Court documents say that Lee was in possession of $12,000 and Chu was holding a plastic bag that contained marijuana growing materials.