Heroin-filled Bibles found in packages for CA inmates, feds say. Now, woman sentenced

A San Diego woman’s unsuccessful attempt to deliver heroin-filled Bibles to California prison inmates has led to a judge sentencing her to more than seven years in prison, federal prosecutors said.

The woman was arrested by federal investigators in December 2023, when prosecutors said she was found with sealed packages and envelopes addressed to inmates incarcerated in state prisons, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California.

After investigators unsealed the packages, prosecutors said two Bibles, with an estimated 23 grams of heroin hidden in the spines of the books, were located…

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