The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office says it will investigate allegations made in a viral video circulating on social media that accuses a sheriff's deputy of planting drug evidence during an arrest in Bridge City Monday afternoon.

In its own social media posting Tuesday, the Sheriff's Office said it is so far satisfied with the deputies' explanations for their actions, but will nonetheless continue investigating.

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"Our investigation will be accurate and thorough, and if it is determined that our deputies acted improperly, JPSO will act accordingly," Capt. Jason Rivarde, an agency spokesman, said in a statement released Tuesday.

The video, which was posted Monday evening on Twitter, had been viewed 1.7 million times as of Tuesday afternoon.

WARNING: This video contains strong language

THIS IS WHATS GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD! JP PUTTING DRUGS ON PPL!!! pic.twitter.com/KHZMGFKWXB — Simply Jasmine K (@PrettyJasBadAss) March 16, 2020

As the video opens a man is heard saying, "There ain't no crack in that bag." As the cell phone pans to the right it shows a man in a red shirt being held on the ground as three deputies kneel or stand nearby him.

A deputy in the foreground can be seen holding a small plastic bag containing something white in his right hand. He then shifts the baggie to his left hand. The deputy drops the bag and picks up another item, prompting the man on the ground and the woman recording to make note of his actions and the fact they were captured on video.

The woman holding the cell phone runs off after the deputy looks up and begins to head in her direction. Someone can be heard saying, "Your phone is evidence."

No phone was confiscated, according to Rivarde, but the Sheriff's Office has collected the video as evidence in their investigation.

Deputies were dispatched to Bridge City about 3 p.m. Monday after receiving reports of a man in a red T-shirt and tie-dyed pants selling drugs, according to the Sheriff's Office.

As the deputies tried to detain the man near Fourth Street and Westwego Avenue, he allegedly resisted and bit one of the deputies, Rivarde said.

The man, who has not been identified by JPSO, was booked with battery of a police officer with injury and resisting arrest with force of violence. He was not booked with drug charges.

The contents of the baggie recovered at the scene tested negative for narcotics, Rivarde said. The Sheriff's Office sent the bag to the department crime lab for further testing.

"It has been alleged by third parties that evidence on the scene was planted by one of our deputies. Our on-scene deputies have been interviewed in this matter and gave reasonable explanations to the actions depicted in the video," Rivarde said.

Anyone with additional information about this incident, including additional video, is asked to call the Sheriff's Office Investigations Bureau at 504-364-5300.