Prisoner escapes only to return to prison with bag of assorted home-cooked food

January 30, 2018 2:20 PM

The Jefferson County Sheriffs Office had a hint that some prisoners at the Federal Correctional Complex in Beaumont were escaping from prison into a private land owned by a local rancher to smuggle contraband into the facility.

A 25-year-old prisoner of the federal prison of Texas was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on charges of escape and possession of marijuana after he was caught by sheriffs

According to UPI.com, Joshua Hansen had been serving prison terms on drug charges.

Reports say the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office had a hint that some prisoners at the Federal Correctional Complex in Beaumont were escaping from prison into a private land owned by a local rancher to smuggle contraband into the facility.

The news website said sheriff's office Narcotics Investigators and U.S. Marshals then laid a surveillance at the said area on Thursday where they spotted a vehicle come and dropped a big bag on the said land.

Officers latter found Joshua Hansen with the large smuggled bag containing "a large amount of home-cooked food."

The bag also reportedly contained marijuana, three bottles of brandy, one bottle of whisky, multiple bags of Bugler tobacco, packaged snacks and fruit.