Drugs Found In Hair Clippers Sparks Santa Fe Jail Probe

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities are investigating possible drug smuggling at the Santa Fe County jail. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that a corrections officer found 170 Suboxone strips inside a pair of hair clippers being brought to an inmate last week. According an affidavit filed in Santa Fe County Magistrate Court, the clippers were brought by 31-year-old Lauren Herrera. Herrera had been instructed by another woman who had spoken on the phone with an inmate. A sergeant monitoring inmate phone calls searched the clippers and found the drugs. Suboxone is a drug used to treat opiate dependency.