Drugs, weapons found in sweep of Southern California detention center
A sweep of a detention center in the Inland Empire resulted in the discovery of narcotics, weapons and other “dangerous contraband” over the weekend, officials said.
Narcotics detection canines and narcotics division personnel conducted the facility-wide search of the West Valley Detention Center on Saturday, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department stated in a news release.
“The operation was successful in recovering weapons and dangerous contraband from inside the jail facility,” the Sheriff’s Department stated.
In addition to finding weapons, canines successfully alerted the presence of narcotics within several pieces of mail sent to inmates and drugs that had made it inside the inmate housing unit.
“The investigation is ongoing pending further analysis to determine the type and quantity of narcotics recovered,” the Sheriff’s Department stated.
The West Valley Detention Center located in Rancho Cucamonga was opened in 1991 and is one of the largest county jails in the State of California, the Sheriff’s Department says on its website.
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