Two Colorado men were arrested for attempting to smuggle $112,000 worth of tobacco and $89,500 worth of methamphetamine into a federal prison using a compressed air cannon. Grant Parish Sheriff Steven McCain says they weren’t successful.
“Thanks to a very observant deputy, he was able to stop it before they were able to get the drugs into the prison.”
18-year-old Jose Francisco Herrera Munoz, and 19-yeard-old Angel Gonzales Gutierrez plan involved launching contraband over the prison’s security fence, with the cannon capable of propelling items over 350 feet.
“This was not something that was homemade. It was bought, and it was professionally manufactured, and it’s very powerful.”
The Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the arrests, charging both men with attempting to introduce contraband into a penal institution and attempting to distribute methamphetamine.
“That much meth would have just been devastating in that population.”
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) assisted in the investigation and has placed a detainer on Munoz, as he is in the country illegally.
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