2 foiled in try to mail narcotics to LA County jail, LASD says – NBC Los Angeles
A person and girl had been arrested in what authorities mentioned was a thwarted try to ship narcotics to inmates within the Los Angeles County jail system.
Detectives from the sheriff’s Custody Providers Division opened the investigation into the smuggling of contraband into the jail by way of the US Postal Service. A search warrant was executed within the southern Los Angeles County seaside group of Hermosa Seaside by the division’s Organized Gang Process Pressure.
Two individuals had been arrested Tuesday in reference to the investigation.
Authorities mentioned a 43-year-old girl despatched narcotics to a county jail by way of the mail. She was cited and launched from custody.
A 55-year-old man was arrested in reference to the investigation and stays in custody. Additional particulars about his arrest and the allegations in opposition to him weren’t instantly out there.
Authorities intercepted the narcotics earlier than they entered the jails.
The division mentioned it has modernized safety to forestall medication from coming into the jail system together with the set up of 17 physique scanners throughout the system and two property scanners on the Pitchess Detention Middle visiting middle in northern Los Angeles County. The company additionally has 19 narcotics detection canines used for random searches at detention facilities.
The sheriff’s division additionally proposed the introduction of a digital mail system utilizing digital tablets.
Overdose-preventing Narcan (naloxone) is carried by all deputies and out there in inmate housing areas.
