![]() Drug paper is manufactured with a controlled substance soaked into or onto the surface of the paper. Two of the cases involved sending drug-laden paper through the mail into prison. In all three cases, the Department believes that inmates influenced their family members, friends, or associates to obtain contraband and participate in smuggling schemes that attempted to introduce illegal drugs into O‘ahu correctional facilities. The Department’s law enforcement task force, comprised of narcotics agents, internal affairs investigators, and deputy sheriffs, actively investigated the cases leading up to the arrests. “The efforts by corrections staff to intercept the drugs and turn them over to law enforcement prompted each of these cases, resulting in arrests.” “Public Safety’s Corrections and Law Enforcement Divisions have been working hand-in-hand on these cases to stop contraband from making it into the jails and prisons,” said PSD Director Tommy Johnson. The investigations are ongoing, and more arrests are expected. “Operation Paper Shredder” is an intensive correctional crime reduction initiative initiated by the Department of Public Safety as part of its ongoing effort to eliminate contraband introduction to Hawai‘i’s correctional facilities. HONOLULU – The Department of Public Safety (PSD) is announcing the arrest of five individuals, so far, involved in three recent cases of contraband smuggling in Hawai‘i’s correctional facilities. ![]() ![]() PSD NEWS RELEASE – Operation Paper Shredder – 5 arrested for contraband smuggling Posted on in Latest Department News, Newsroom
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