(CBS DETROIT) — A Michigan corrections officer and another man have been charged with attempting to smuggle more than $400,000 worth of drugs into an Upper Peninsula prison.
Michigan State Police say Andre Taylor, 59, of Clinton Township, and Edward King, 57, of Detroit, tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the Kinross Correctional Facility in Kincheloe in Chippewa County. Taylor is a corrections officer with the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) and was working a temporary assignment at the Kinross facility.
As part of an investigation that started in December, troopers recovered 15 sheets of suspected K2 paper, 50 A12 suboxone strips, 514 N8 suboxone strips, 74 grams of marijuana wax and 62 grams of methamphetamine during traffic stops and while serving search warrants. The estimated value of the drugs inside the prison is $443,000, according to police…