A U.S. Postal Service worker from New Jersey faces up to five years in prison after being convicted of conspiracy by accepting money from a drug dealer to hand off packages of pot in the employee parking lot of the post office and other spots, officials said.

Fred Rivers, 47, of Newark, was convicted Tuesday of conspiracy to defraud the United States by interfering with and obstructing the lawful functions of the postal service, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey said in a statement.

The marijuana was mailed from California and Nevada to New Jersey where it was intercepted at the Springfield station in Newark, officials said.

Rivers removed the packages – which were addressed to fake names, but real addresses in Newark – and gave them to Glenn Blackstone. The drug dealer gave Rivers about $100 each time they met between October 2016 to September 2017. The postal worker used a scanner to make it appear the packages had been delivered to the addresses on the labels.

Blackstone pleaded guilty to marijuana trafficking and bribery and is awaiting sentencing.

Another mail carrier, Leonard Gresham, 50, of Rahway, invited Rivers to take part in the scheme when he wasn’t available.

In a text message from October 2016, Gresham asked Rivers, “You want to make some money tomorrow sir?”

Rivers replied, “HELL YEAH!” according to the indictment.

In a text exchange that followed, Gresham asked if the exchange went well, to which Rivers replies: “Yes sir. Thanks for that.”

"That's what friends are for," Gresham texted back.

Gresham, who pocketed $14,900 from October 2014 through September 2017, pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme on Feb. 13 and awaits sentencing,

Rivers is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 29.