Two Greeley men were arrested for attempting to smuggle tobacco and methamphetamine into a Louisiana federal prison with a compressed air cannon.
Jose Francisco Herrera Munoz, 18, and Angel Gonzales Gutierrez, 19, were arrested for attempting to introduce contraband into a penal institution and attempting to distribute methamphetamine, according to a Facebook post from the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office.
The men planned to launch $112,000 worth of tobacco and $89,500 worth of methamphetamine over the security fence with the cannon, according to the post. The cannon is capable of propelling items over 350 feet.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is involved in the investigation and it has a detainer on Herrera Munoz, who was described as being in the country illegally in the Facebook post.
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