Two Georgia inmates, who were temporarily released to attend their grandmother’s wake, used the somber occasion to smuggle drugs stuffed in the casket back into jail.
Nekoase Vinson, 30, and Henry Rouse, 27 of Bibb County, attended 74-year-old Emma Mae Faulk‘s wake in Macon. When the duo were escorted back to prison, guards reportedly discovered drugs on them. They claimed to have gotten the stash from inside the deceased’s coffin. Police believe the drugs were placed in the casket by a relative, and once left alone to grieve, the inmates grabbed the narcotics. Now, the men are facing marijuana possession and bringing contraband to jail charges, in addition to the slew of other pending charges.
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When the men returned to prison, the drugs were discovered during a routine search, along with tobacco, and a lighter. Vinson also had a cellphone on his person.
Vinson has been imprisoned since late-July for an undisclosed FBI-related criminal incident. Rouse, jailed on July 4th, has a criminal history of drug charges, street gang activities, and obstruction.