.AVENAL — A San Diego woman is behind bars after allegedly trying to smuggle marijuana into Avenal State Prison, authorities said Wednesday.
Ursula Nicole Greene, 37, was arrested on Jan. 8 for numerous drug sales and possession charges. Officials at the facility said she tried to pass off a bindle containing more than 26 grams of marijuana to an inmate she was visiting.
Correctional Lt. Ed Borla said staff members noticed the inmate, who was not named, acting suspiciously during their contact. The inmate was taken aside and searched, revealing the drugs.
Greene was detained and her vehicle was searched. There, staff members found additional evidence supporting the charge that she brought a controlled substance into the facility, Borla said.
Greene remained in custody Wednesday at the Kings County Jail on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia in a jail, unauthorized communication with a prisoner, transporting marijuana for sale, furnishing marijuana, conspiring to commit a crime and supplying a controlled substance. Her bail was set at $120,000.
The inmate has been placed on administrative segregation as prison staff investigate the matter, authorities said.
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