Three inmates and their loved ones have been charged with attempting to smuggle drugs into jail on the pages of a children's colouring book
The drug, Subozone, normally used to treat heroin addiction but itself classified as a controlled dangerous substance, was dissolved into a paste and then painted into the colouring book, said New Jersey's Cape May County Sheriff Gary Schaffer.
Pages with "To Daddy" scribbled on top were sent to the prisoners at the jail.
"I've been in law enforcement for 38 years, and I've never seen anything like this," said Schaffer.
Authorities received a tip drugs were being smuggled in drawings, Schaffer said.
Charged in the case were prisoners Zachary Hirsch, Charles Markham and Paul Scipione. Also charged were Markham's mother, Debbie Longo, of West Wildwood, New Jersey, and Katelyn Mosbach, of Trevose, Pennsylvania, who was still being sought.
The New Jersey drug bust was the second one this month involving Suboxone smuggling behind bars.
Authorities at a prison in Carbon County, Pennsylvania earlier this month arrested 11 people in what they said was a scheme to hide the drug beneath postage stamps on letters mailed to inmates from family members.
Colouring book used to smuggle drugs
Three inmates and their loved ones have been charged with attempting to smuggle drugs into jail on the pages of a children's colouring book
The drug, Subozone, normally used to treat heroin addiction but itself classified as a controlled dangerous substance, was dissolved into a paste and then painted into the colouring book, said New Jersey's Cape May County Sheriff Gary Schaffer.
Pages with "To Daddy" scribbled on top were sent to the prisoners at the jail.
"I've been in law enforcement for 38 years, and I've never seen anything like this," said Schaffer.
Authorities received a tip drugs were being smuggled in drawings, Schaffer said.
Charged in the case were prisoners Zachary Hirsch, Charles Markham and Paul Scipione. Also charged were Markham's mother, Debbie Longo, of West Wildwood, New Jersey, and Katelyn Mosbach, of Trevose, Pennsylvania, who was still being sought.
The New Jersey drug bust was the second one this month involving Suboxone smuggling behind bars.
Authorities at a prison in Carbon County, Pennsylvania earlier this month arrested 11 people in what they said was a scheme to hide the drug beneath postage stamps on letters mailed to inmates from family members.
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