By Shawn Jarrard
Local narcotics investigators have upended a major prison drug trafficking operation, resulting in more than 2 pounds of meth, 4.5 pounds of marijuana, 7 pounds of tobacco and other contraband being confiscated from a single inmate housed over 100 miles away at Hays State Prison.
The ongoing investigation that culminated in the prison drug bust actually started a couple months ago – and much closer to home, at the Georgia/North Carolina line. The initial part of the investigation came to a head early last week, when deputies made three local drug arrests.