A heartland man tied to a case involving 16 pounds of marijuana sent through the mail has been sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Nick Apodaca of North Platte had pleaded no contest to possessing more than a pound of marijuana and was sentenced Monday in Lincoln County District Court.

Police say the 42-year-old Apodaca was one of four men involved in the crime. Investigators say that in July, a drug-sniffing dog found the marijuana in a package at an Omaha post office.

Police allowed the package to be delivered to a North Platte home. Apodaca and two other men were arrested there.