Two Oklahoma County prison guards accused of cell phone and drug smuggling

Two Oklahoma County Jail guards were fired after being accused of smuggling contraband to inmates.

The officers were arrested on Wednesday, the prison said. Both live in Oklahoma City.

“These two former employees abused the trust placed in them … and compromised the safety of our residents and staff,” Brandi Garner, CEO of the Oklahoma County Detention Center, said in a news release Thursday. “We take our duty to maintain the integrity of this facility very seriously.”

The arrests were made as part of a joint operation by investigators from the prison trust, the Oklahoma County District Attorney's Office, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the press release said.