Law enforcement officers selling drugs from the evidence locker may seem like a Hollywood cliché, but it’s a very real thing. Two Department of Homeland Security agents in Utah have just been busted and accused of selling drugs that had been seized in previous arrests, pocketing as much as $300,000 from the scheme.

According to charging documents from the FBI, the two agents were working with a confidential informant. The agents were allegedly selling synthetic “bath salts” from the evidence lockup in Salt Lake City to the informant.

The FBI says the DHS agents were collecting $5,000 per ounce from the informant, who turned around and sold the drugs on the street for an even higher profit. Between last spring and this December, almost 4 pounds of bath salts that had been confiscated in drug raids ended up back on the streets because of the two agents’ actions.

Searches of the two agents’ homes uncovered $67,000 in cash, stolen drugs, and other evidence. Agent David Cole was arrested in Salt Lake City on December 13th and charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. He faces ten years in prison.

The second DHS agent is only identified as “Person A” in the charging documents. He has not been arrested at this point, but charges are believed to be pending.

In an ironic twist, it was the unidentified informant who ratted out the two DHS agents. He went to the FBI and alerted them that he was being coerced into selling drugs against his will. The agents would meet him in public restaurants to exchange the drugs for cash. The FBI was able to obtain surveillance video and audio of the deals taking place, which led to the arrest.

Agent David Cole faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.