https://www.foxnews.com/us/feds-inmate-run-drug-ring-at-michigan-prison-report
Federal agents have uncovered evidence of an inmate-run drug ring with international ties at a Michigan prison, according to a report Monday.
Investigators say in a federal search warrant affidavit that former inmates deported to Mexico have coordinated large-scale drug shipments to various locations, including Alger Correctional Facility in Munising, the Detroit News reported.
The affidavit outlines a years-long investigation, and identifies the accused drug kingpins involved in the prison drug smuggling conspiracy, according to the paper.
State corrections officers found a virtual drugstore after searching the cell of Alger inmate Dontay McMann in May.
"Multiple confidential sources have stated that Mejia uses inmates who are serving life sentences (or long custodial sentences) to handle drug trafficking business," Drug Enforcement Administration Agent Michael Tighe wrote in the affidavit, according to the paper. "One confidential source that has spoke(n) directly to McMann about his drug trafficking confirmed that McMann works on behalf of Mejia."
Investigators seized more than 50 grams of meth, 120 doses of LSD, a digital scale, knife and more than 80 strips of Suboxone, a medication used to treat opiate addiction, after searching McMann’s cell, the paper reported.
They also found in the cell a contraband cellphone hidden in an electronic typewriter.