DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WLNE) — Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux announced what he is calling “perhaps the largest alleged employee drug bust in Bristol County jail history” on Monday.

According to Heroux, a former employee of the Dartmouth jail was indicted on October 20 along with four alleged co-conspirators in an alleged drug-smuggling scheme.

Ginger Hook, 46, of New Bedford, worked as the Coordinator of Library Services for the sheriff’s office, most recently at the Bristol County Jail.

The Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit (SIU) initiated an investigation into an alleged drug distribution ring that they believed was smuggling synthetic marijuana into the facility.

The investigation was dubbed “Operation Fish Hook.”

The inquiry into the presence of “K-2” began in March of

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