Portsmouth police were called to the Portsmouth Post Office after a report that an employee may have been using drugs and hiding them in the workplace.
According to the police log, the caller said a homemade pipe used to ingest drugs had been picked up from an employee.
The caller told police they suspected drug use because of the employee’s actions and asked for the item to be sent for testing.
Officers advised that the item would not be sent for testing.
Police said the item would be properly disposed of.
The incident reportedly happened several days earlier, around 8 pm.
No arrest was listed in the information provided, and officers did not file a criminal report.
The call raises the kind of workplace concern that can be difficult to prove without evidence, testing, or a direct criminal report.
In this case, police documented that a suspected homemade drug pipe was turned over, but the item was disposed of instead of being sent for testing.
That means the situation ended with a disposal — not a charge.
Still, it is the kind of complaint that can leave co-workers and customers uneasy, especially when the report involves suspected drug use inside a public workplace.
