LIVINGSTON — Two women were arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle crystal methamphetamine inside a Bible to a Walker man jailed in the Livingston Parish Detention Center, deputies said.

Using a false name, Melissa A. Lennox, 28, 420 Carrie Drive, Apt. 103, Walker, allegedly delivered a Bible containing methamphetamine to the detention center on May 12, according to a Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office news release.

Nikki C. Rushing, 35, 30055 Corby Circle, Denham Springs, allegedly gave the drug-containing Bible to Lennox, deputies said.

The intended recipient, Harvey LeBlanc Jr., 30, 36720 N. Corbin Road, Walker, has been in jail since October on a variety of drug-related arrests, including the creation of a meth lab, deputies said.

One of those cases dates back to April 2009, when deputies arrested LeBlanc on a count of possessing meth and marijuana while at the jailhouse attempting to post bond to get his girlfriend out, the Sheriff’s Office reported.

Following the May 12 arrests, Lennox was booked with entering contraband into a penal institution, and Rushing was booked with being a principal to entering contraband into a penal institution, deputies said.

LeBlanc was booked on counts of attempting to enter contraband into a penal institution and possession of methamphetamine, deputies said.

Lennox, Rushing and LeBlanc remained in custody Tuesday at the detention center, deputies said.