4 city workers, 8 inmates arrested in alleged smuggling attempt of crystal meth at Oahu jail

Four Honolulu city workers have been arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle crystal meth and other contraband onto jail grounds. City spokeswoman Louise Kim McCoy tells the Honolulu Star-Advertiser the city is aware of the arrests and is trying to gather more information. State Department of Public Safety officials say the four labor supervisors were arrested Thursday along with eight Oahu Community Correctional Center inmates as they were returning from a work detail. Sheriffs recovered what appeared to be crystal methamphetamine in small plastic bags, a glass pipe and bags of tobacco. Department Director Jodie Maesaka-Hirata says officials received a tip earlier this week about a different crew being unsupervised. While conducting surveillance Thursday, officials found a crew at a beach park, where they were not supposed to be. Maesaka-Hirata then directed all vehicles entering the jail be searched. The four supervisors were released pending an investigation and not charged.