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Inspector General details major contraband seizures and ongoing enforcement efforts
Summary
TDCJ Inspector General Lance Coleman reported multiple investigations into contraband operations, including mail‑based drug manufacturing, large seizures (more than $374,000 in cash and multiple kilograms of synthetic cannabinoids), and 201 arrests last year (56 employees). He said search warrants and arrests continue.
The Office of Inspector General told the Texas Board of Criminal Justice on Feb. 26 that a sustained enforcement push has yielded significant contraband discoveries and arrests, including mail‑based laboratory operations and sizeable seizures of cash and synthetic drugs.
Inspector General Lance Coleman described recent cases in which criminal actors used mail, forged labels and legal‑mail stamps to send liquid and sheet forms of synthetic cannabinoids and other contraband into TDCJ facilities. He showed seizure photos and said…
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