PITTSBURGH, PA (WCMH) —  Officials say about $175,000 worth of heroin was found in a dumpster near Pittsburgh.

Police told WPXI, the stash had as many as 500 bricks of heroin and up to 25 thousand individual stamp bags.

A worker discovered the stash after taking trash out to the dumpster.

Investigators say the dumpster may have been a drop off point for the narcotics, and that the person who reported the drugs did the right thing by calling police.

The case has now been handed over to the DEA.