These suspects are Oxy-morons.
For the second time this week, metropolis Division of Correction officers thwarted an try and smuggle Oxycodone drugs inside one of many models on Rikers Island, officers stated.
Tyaisha Beshawna Rogers, 22, was arrested Thursday after allegedly trying to sneak 150 blue Oxy drugs — valued at $15,000 — into the guests’ heart of the Robert N. Davoren facility, the place she was imagined to be assembly inmate Angel Lopez, a reputed gangbanger arrested in Brooklyn for weapons possession.
Contained in the contraband, officers additionally recovered 23 grams of marijuana, and eight grams of tobacco, authorities stated.
It’s estimated that the worth of every tablet, if bought to different folks in custody, is roughly $100, which might make the bundle worth $15,000, a DOC spokesman stated.
It was the second time this week that somebody tried to get oxy into the identical unit on the island.
On June 3, the gal-pal of a reputed Brooklyn gang member was busted making an attempt to smuggle about $29,000 value of oxycodone into the Davoren heart.
Trumpeted DOC Commissioner Louis Molina: “For the second time this week, our officers have prevented harmful poison from getting into our jails. As soon as once more, their excellent investigative work is saving lives and making our jails safer for his or her fellow Officers and all folks in custody. We is not going to tolerate these makes an attempt to smuggle harmful contraband into our services.”
