The man, Jason Brian Bunch, had also been charged on drug counts in Oregon and was suspected of manufacturing marijuana in Halifax County.

In a news release, the United States Attorney's Office said Bunch, 42, who lived in the Littleton area of Lake Gaston off Oak Grove Church Road, was sentenced Friday to 81 months in prison followed by five years of supervised released.

Bunch was named in a criminal information filed on January 25 charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and a quantity of marijuana. He pled guilty on February 16.

The attorney's office said between September and October of 2014, Bunch shipped 117 grams of black tar heroin through the mail.

He lived in Mendocino, California, at the time and shipped the heroin to a confidential informant located in Nashville, North Carolina.

While in North Carolina on January 30, 2015, Bunch was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Nash County Sheriff’s Office.

Agents executed a search warrant at his North Carolina home and seized cocaine, heroin, marijuana and money during the search.

Investigation of this case was conducted by the DEA, United States Postal Service, United States Marshals Service, Internal Revenue Service, and the Nash County Sheriff’s Office.

Captain A.M. Harris of the City County Drug Task Force confirmed Halifax County law enforcement assisted.

Assistant United States Attorney Dena King represented the government.