NAVASOTA PRISON UNIT EMPLOYEE ARRESTED AFTER ADMITTING TO BRINGING IN CONTRABAND ITEMS

  

An employee at the Luther Unit near Navasota was arrested Monday, accused by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) of bringing contraband items into the facility.

The TDCJ says Benson Lu admitted to bringing in eight packs of Lucky Strike cigarettes and having additional contraband items in his vehicle, including two Motorola cell phones, two cartons of Newport cigarettes and two more packs of Lucky Strike cigarettes.

This follows the discovery last month of a large bag of drugs and smartphones near the prison unit.

It is not known at this time if Lu’s arrest is connected to last month’s incident.