TEXAS CITY, Texas - A former Texas prison inmate has been arrested on allegations that he mailed synthetic drugs disguised as legal correspondence to incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities across the United States, authorities said.

Deidrick Capers was arrested June 2 at his Texas City residence following an investigation led by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice Office of Inspector General.

According to investigators, Capers is accused of sending fake legal mail soaked with synthetic cannabinoids and other narcotics to individuals incarcerated in Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities, prisons in other states and federal correctional institutions nationwide.