Woman charged with trying to sneak drugs into jail underneath postage stamp
Linda Wetherby and Bent Whitney(Manatee County Sheriff s Office)
By ABC7 Staff
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MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - A woman has been arrested for trying to send drugs to her jailed boyfriend hiding it behind the stamp on a post card, police say.
According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, a post card was delivered to the jail March 5 for inmate Brent Whitney. A mail clerk inspected the card and found a bump on the back of the stamp. Upon further investigation a substance was discovered, and later confirmed by a lab to be Suboxone, an opioid drug used to treat addiction.