Two Texas women have been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs and cell phones into a Louisiana prison using a drone attached to a plastic bird decoy.
According to FOX 4, officials at the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office intercepted the plastic bird during a delivery, and found it had been hallowed out to hide the contraband.
The women told investigators they were paid $40,000 to execute the smuggling operation.
38-year-old Melanie Jean Worthington of Joshua and 41-year-old Kassy Marie Cole of Hurst are both facing charges of taking contraband into a penal institution and possession of methamphetamine and marijuana with the intent to distribute.
Cole also had an outstanding warrant at the time of her arrest.
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