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Contraband Found At Santa Barbara County Jail Called Largest Seizure In Jail's History

(Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office photo)
Some of the drugs, and drug paraphernalia seized at the Santa Barbara County Jail

Deputies say they’ve made a drug bust which wasn’t large scale compared to some others in Santa Barbara County. But, what makes it very unusual is where they made it. It was in the Santa Barbara County Jail.

Deputies say after receiving a tip someone had a large supply of contraband in the jail, they did a surprise search. They seized methamphetamine, heroin, ecstasy pills, and THC concentrate from a cell.

The officers also found a number of other contraband items including a cell phone, a lighter, and drug paraphernalia. They say it was the largest seizure of its type in the jail’s history.

An inmate, Dylan Sulit-Swalley, was arrested on charges of bringing drugs into a jail, and bringing them into the jail for sale.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.