GRANT PARISH, La. (KALB) - A woman from Donaldsonville was arrested for trying to smuggle drugs into the Federal Prison in Grant Parish, according to the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office.

GPSO said the woman also had a young child with her. This makes the 35th arrest since January of people trying to smuggle drugs into jail facilities in the parish.

Shannon Butler, 50, was arrested and charged with distribution of methamphetamine, distribution of synthetic marijuana, distribution of suboxone, illegal use of drugs in the presence of a child and taking contraband into a penal institution.

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