Carolina Woman Accused of Smuggling Contraband

(Lancaster County, South Carolina) A 28-year-old local woman, Shareca Latoya Jones, has been arrested for attempting to smuggle contraband into prison inside a Bible.

Jones faces charges of trafficking cocaine, distribution of a controlled substance, providing contraband to an inmate, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute a schedule IV controlled substance, unlawful carrying of a handgun and possession with intent to distribute a schedule I controlled substance.

The investigation began when a package mailed to the Lieber Correction Institution in Ridgeville was returned to a business in Lancaster earlier this month, according to the release.

The package contained razor knives, a cell phone, about 30 ecstasy pills and about 28.8 grams of cocaine concealed inside a Bible.

Jones was booked into custody and released on $52,000 bond.