Albuquerque Woman Arrested for Mailing Drugs to CCCC
MILAN, N.M. – Albuquerque, New Mexico, woman Lupe Sanchez has been arrested after allegedly sending a handwritten letter with drugs inside to the Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, N.M.
On September 8, staff at CCCC were sorting through mail and noticed a strange smell coming from one of the envelopes. The letter was allegedly sent by Sanchez to an alleged Syndicato Nuevo Mexico gang member, Jonathan Sanchez. J. Sanchez’ arrest was part of an ongoing investigation into racketeering and murder charges. J. Sanchez was arrested during an FBI search warrant round up two weeks earlier. After laboratory test results come back, investigators determined that the smell inside the envelope was a drug called “Spice” and is also known as “K-2”. This is a manmade drug, it is not found naturally, and combines a series of chemicals, sometimes cleaning chemicals, to increase the potency, according to Oliver Sutcliffe and Robert Ralphs of Manchester Metropolitan University. Sutcliffe is a senior lecturer in psychopharmaceutical chemistry, Ralphs is a reader of criminology.
The New Mexico State Police and FBI worked together to find L. Sanchez and arrest her, she is being charged with Providing or Possessing Contraband in a Prison.
CCCC did not contact Milan Police Department about this situation.
MILAN, N.M. – Albuquerque, New Mexico, woman Lupe Sanchez has been arrested after allegedly sending a handwritten letter with drugs inside to the Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, N.M.
On September 8, staff at CCCC were sorting through mail and noticed a strange smell coming from one of the envelopes. The letter was allegedly sent by Sanchez to an alleged Syndicato Nuevo Mexico gang member, Jonathan Sanchez. J. Sanchez’ arrest was part of an ongoing investigation into racketeering and murder charges. J. Sanchez was arrested during an FBI search warrant round up two weeks earlier. After laboratory test results come back, investigators determined that the smell inside the envelope was a drug called “Spice” and is also known as “K-2”. This is a manmade drug, it is not found naturally, and combines a series of chemicals, sometimes cleaning chemicals, to increase the potency, according to Oliver Sutcliffe and Robert Ralphs of Manchester Metropolitan University. Sutcliffe is a senior lecturer in psychopharmaceutical chemistry, Ralphs is a reader of criminology. The New Mexico State Police and FBI worked together to find L. Sanchez and arrest her, she is being charged with Providing or Possessing Contraband in a Prison.
CCCC did not contact Milan Police Department about this situation.