Chinese nationals accused of smuggling synthetic drugs into US prisons on drug-soaked paper

Two Chinese nationals were arrested in China after allegedly supplying synthetic drugs that prosecutors say were imported into the United States and later distributed to inmates at federal and state prisons nationwide.

Lisa Xing, 36, and Zhanwen Song, 38, were charged in a superseding federal indictment in the Eastern District of Texas with drug trafficking and money laundering offenses tied to an alleged scheme that allegedly supplied synthetic opioids, cannabinoids and other drugs from...