A New Bedford woman working as the Bristol County House of Correction’s library director has been indicted as part of what Sheriff Paul Heroux called “the largest alleged employee drug bust in Bristol County jail history.”

The county Sheriff's Office and District Attorney’s Office said they collaborated on an investigation into an alleged scheme to smuggle paperwork infused with synthetic marijuana into the jail — a scheme Heroux said was worth $65,000 in contraband.

Five people were indicted by a grand jury, including the former coordinator of library services, a 46-year-old New Bedford woman.

Also indicted were a 25-year-old inmate from Rehoboth who sold the drugs and former inmates and associates on the outside: a 31-year-old man from New Bedford, a 33-year-old man from Somerset, and a 23-year-old man from Rhode Island.

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