Minneapolis defense attorney Sarah Gad denied smuggling drugs into Hennepin County Jail after authorities found drug residue in her garbage and home during a search warrant execution and trash pull.

Sarah Rafat Gad is identified in a search warrant affidavit filed by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office on Monday, with the document alleging she abused the power of her position as a defense attorney by giving cocaine and fentanyl-laced documents to two of her clients.

A Minneapolis attorney is under investigation on suspicion of sneaking illicit drugs to inmates in the Hennepin County jail, according to newly filed court documents. A search warrant affidavit filed Monday in District Court says Sarah Rafat Gad used her privilege as a defense attorney to avoid detection in recent months and slipped papers soaked in cocaine and fentanyl to two of her clients,

An investigation into drug smuggling at the Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis is focused on defense attorney Sarah Gad, according to two publicly filed search warrants. She strongly denies any implication that she is involved and points out contradictions in the paperwork filed by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.