FARGO, N.D. (AP) - About 100 law officers from a dozen local, state and federal agencies conducted a security sweep at the Cass County Jail in Fargo.
KFGO radio reports the operation Tuesday night was the largest safety and contraband search ever conducted at the facility. Authorities were looking for drugs, weapons, alcohol and any other items considered a security risk in the jail.
Cass County Sgt. Tim Briggeman says in a statement that the search was done because of an increase in contraband turning up in the jail and a concern about drug use among inmates.
Briggeman tells KFGO that authorities found two makeshift knives during the sweep. The state’s attorney’s office will be asked to consider charges against the inmates linked to the weapons.
The jail currently houses more than 300 prisoners.
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