A Los Angeles attorney was charged with conspiracy and other charges after he allegedly attempted to smuggle heroin inside a greeting card to one of his clients incarcerated in county jail, the District Attorney’s Office has announced.

Stephen Beecher, 61, was arrested on April 9 on a felony arrest warrant charging him with two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime, one felony count of bringing drugs into jail, one felony count of transportation of a controlled substance, and one felony count of bringing a firearm into a jail.

Two co-defendants are charged with Beecher in the case. Jesus Antonio Duenas, 20, Beecher’s client who is in custody on an attempted murder charge, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of conspiracy. Duenas’ girlfriend, Jessica Paredes, 19, has also pleaded not guilty to the same two counts.

The complaint alleges Beecher told Duenas he would visit the North County Correctional Facility on Dec. 28. Duenas then made an arrangement with an unknown female co-conspirator to bring drugs for himself and for “The Southside,” a criminal enterprise that controls the drugs and other illegal activity inside jails, through Beecher. The complaint also alleges that Paredes “ironed and flattened” packages of heroin to fit inside a greeting card envelope, and then gave Beecher the greeting card containing 36 grams of heroin. Beecher was arrested on Dec. 28 in the visiting area of North County Correctional Facility with two packages of heroin, valued at more than $30,000.

If convicted, Beecher is facing 11 years in state prison. Duenas and Paredes are facing nine years each in state prison.