KEENE -- Police have arrested a corrections officer accused of smuggling drugs into the Cheshire County Jail.

Shane Stockwell, 23, was arrested Thursday and charged with delivery of prohibited articles, according to a release from the Keene Police Department.

Police had been investigating how contraband was making it into the jail since July 3. Investigators concluded inmates were coordinating with a person outside of the jail to smuggle the drugs the secure facility.

Officers from the county and police put Stockwell's car under surveillance and on Wednesday night someone placing evidence under the vehicle. Detectives confronted Stockwell and he was not allowed back into the jail.

Stockwell, who worked at the jail for over a year, was fired. He was released on $2,500 bail and scheduled for arraignment on Aug. 1.