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Federal authorities have shattered a massive synthetic drug trafficking ring smuggling chemicals from China into U.S. prisons, targeting vulnerable inmates with a chillingly clever scheme: dissolving dangerous substances into paper, mailing it to prisons nationwide, and letting inmates unknowingly absorb the toxins. Two Chinese nationals, Lisa Xing and Zhanwen Song, face indictment for orchestrating the operation, while 19 additional co-conspirators were arrested in China with the FBI’s help—seizing drugs, shutting down labs, and exposing a global network profiting off prison populations. With mandatory minimums of ten years and possible life sentences, this case sends a stark warning: exploiting incarcerated individuals through synthetic drug distribution will not be tolerated—and law enforcement will pursue these criminals relentlessly across borders.

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