Four arrested after meth-laced mail sent to San Diego County jail

Deputies from the sheriff’s mail processing center intercepted three methamphetamine-soaked envelopes addressed to an inmate at an unspecified detention facility in San Diego County, leading to four arrests, authorities said Tuesday.

The Sheriff’s Office Detention Investigations Unit determined that the envelopes, which contained greeting cards, were intended for a 33-year-old inmate, officials said.

Detectives said the sender conspired with the inmate on names to use for deliveries, mailing times, drug connections and payment methods.

On Dec. 12, the alleged sender, a 33-year-old woman, was arrested by detectives at the San Diego County Probation office for suspicion of supplying controlled substances to an incarcerated person, bringing controlled substances into a jail and criminal conspiracy, sheriff’s officials reported.

After further investigation, detectives identified a 55-year-old man as an accomplice who allegedly helped supply and prepare the methamphetamine-soaked mail.

Detectives and deputies from the Community Policing and Problem-Solving Unit in Santee served a search warrant at a home on Woodlawn Avenue in Chula Vista, and on Jan. 27, the man was arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled substances to an incarcerated person, bringing controlled substances into a jail and criminal conspiracy.

Another man, 34, was also arrested in the Chula Vista home on an outstanding felony warrant from San Diego County, official...