HAMILTON, Ohio — Former NBA basketball player Corie Blount has been hit with a drug charge after authorities said they caught him picking up 11 pounds of marijuana in southwest Ohio.

Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones says after 39-year-old Blount retrieved the package from a Liberty Township address on Thursday, deputies followed him to his home nearby and arrested him. Jones says officers found another 11 pounds of pot inside Blount's house.

Blount was charged with felony drug possession. He was released from custody on $10,090 bond.

Blount was the center on Cincinnati's Final Four team in 1992 and later played for several NBA teams including the Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers.

His phone is unlisted. Court officials couldn't say whether he has an attorney.