A New York woman admitted to creatively smuggling cannabis into prisons all over New York State.
Maya McIntosh of Albany pleaded guilty this week to sneaking a synthetic cannabinoid to incarcerated individuals. The 33-year-old New Yorker now faces up to 20 years in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.
How Did an Albany Woman Sneak Cannabis Into New York Prisons?
The method McIntosh used to sneak synthetic drugs into prison is pretty ingenious. According to the United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III, the Albany woman ordered chemicals to create MDMB-4en-PINACA, a synthetic form of cannabis. After receiving the ingredients at her home and the residence of another suspect, McIntosh combined them to create a liquid form of the drug.
In order to sneak the synthetic cannabinoid into prison, McIntosh soaked printer paper and envelopes with the drug-laced liquid and printed up fake legal documents on the drug-laced stationery. The contraband was disguised by using real attorneys’ information in the return address section of the envelopes. The drug-laced correspondence was shipped in Priority Mail Express envelopes and delivered to various prisons across the state of New York…