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How Psychedelics Were Mailed Into Broward Jail

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.
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Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

  Two inmates scamming to smuggle hallucinogenic drugs into a Broward Sheriff's Office jail have pleaded guilty in federal court, the Broward Palm Beach New Times reports. The facts detailed in the plea deals for Dean Aubol and Gregory Golden reveal they received shipments of 25I-NBOMe, a designer drug that secretes acid-like hallucinogens, on paper that they then tore up into pieces to sell. According to the New Times, a third man who allegedly mailed the drugs to his friends inside in an attempt to set up a jailhouse drug ring, is fighting his charges

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