Jailhouse Smuggling 101: Don't Use Greeting Cards

Sender's method of getting heroin into Western Tidewater Regional Jail failed
By Arden Dier,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 15, 2015 11:48 AM CST
Jailhouse Smuggling 101: Don't Use Greeting Cards
The greeting-card smuggling didn't work.   (Shutterstock)

Someone, somewhere, must be unaware jail officials screen mail before handing it over to inmates. While checking the post at Virginia's Western Tidewater Regional Jail last week, officials came across a homemade card with the gift of heroin inside, WTKR reports. This was no isolated incident: Officials have recently intercepted two other mailed items they believe contained drugs. One of the items definitely held heroin; the contents of the other are being tested. Authorities haven't revealed who the mail was addressed to, or if all pieces were meant to reach the same person. No arrests yet. (This ranks among the craziest jailhouse smuggling attempts.)

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