An inmate is accused of having prescription drugs that were smuggled into the Butler County Prison.

But that's not all. Authorities said Matthew N. Ford, 29, of Venango Township also was caught with tobacco, lighters and a razor blade.

The Butler County Drug Task Force on Monday charged Ford with possession of contraband by an inmate, a felony.

Prison officers became suspicious of Ford on Aug. 8 when they spotted him hiding rubber gloves while he worked on the laundry detail, according to court documents.

Suspecting there could be contraband inside the facility, officers conducted a shakedown.

But during the search of prisoners' cells, Ford came forward and handed over a black sock to one of the officers, according to county Detective Tim Fennell's affidavit filed with the criminal complaint.

Fennell supervises the task force.

“This is what you are looking for,” he said, according to the affidavit.

Inside the sock were rubber gloves, Fennell said, and the gloves contained nine full Suboxone strips and one half-strip.

Suboxone is a drug that's prescribed to treat addiction to heroin and powerful painkillers like oxycodone.

The drug comes in thin strips, which dissolve under the tongue.

Ford's sock also yielded other contraband, authorities said, including chewing and smoking tobacco and two round purple pills.

Additionally, officers found two lighters, one that had a razor blade taped to it.

A prison official said Ford has been an inmate since Feb. 4 when he was booked in for a parole violation stemming from a prior burglary conviction.