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Criminal

Feb. 16, 2011

Heroin-Laced Envelopes Bring Charges

Five alleged members of a Yuba County-based white supremacist gang were arrested Monday on accusations they smuggled heroin into a state prison by hiding the drug in the glue strips of envelopes.


By Brandon Ortiz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Five alleged members of a Yuba County-based white supremacist gang were arrested Monday on accusations they smuggled heroin into a state prison by hiding the drug in the glue strips of envelopes.


Prison officials, local police and the state Department of Justice launched an investigation, dubbed Operation Forseti after the Norse god of justice, in November 2010 after a Susanville prison guard noticed...

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