A 45-year-old Quincy lawyer was captured by state police when he used a special pass to enter the Chelsea District Courthouse this morning where prosecutors say he tried to smuggle narcotics to a woman in the court’s lockup and hours later was arraigned himself.

Michael R. Lustig was charged with possession of Suboxone with intent to distribute and conspiracy with the woman on the inside, to distribute the drug, court records state. A not-guilty plea was entered for him.

“At 10:35 hours, utilizing his ID to bypass security, Lustig entered the courthouse,” wrote Suffolk state police drug unit commander Lt. Alan C. Zani.

A bankruptcy and divorce lawyer who worked alone, according to his website, Lustig was also listed by police as a Postal Service employee. A federal listing showed he had a few current bankruptcy cases in Massachusetts.

Charges against Lustig are too recent for any decisions on discipline by the Board of Bar Overseers.

“He’s not been convicted of anything,” said board Counsel Michael Fredrickson. “It’s unlikely the board will do anything unless there’s a conviction or some other charge sustained here.”

“We’re learning about this case today and we’ll take a look at it,” said Bar Counsel Constance Vecchione, who prosecutes errant attorneys.

Lustig was targeted by police before he ever left home, identified in a separate drug investigation, Assistant District Attorney Chris Henry said, and cops went to a Superior Court justice and obtained an “anticipatory order of search and seizure.” The order specified, since Lustig was a practicing attorney, that cops could not search or read any of the documents he carried to avoid violating any attorney-client relationships, Zani wrote, and special care was taken with the evidence seized.

When Zani and two other troopers approached Lustig inside the Chelsea courthouse, the lawyer said he was there to visit a friend, the police report state. Cops showed him the search warrant and after reading it, Zani said, Lustig asked: “If I give them to you, will you let me go?”

The state police lieutenant said no and stated he lifted an envelope from Lustig’s jacket pocket. He flexed the envelope and felt what he believed were pills inside but left it sealed, he reported.

Zani said Lustig told him there were five Suboxone pills in a sealed envelope in his pocket and police said they took it to Suffolk Superior Court to be opened.

“She made me do it … She set the whole thing up,” Zani quoted Lustig telling the cops after they advised him of his rights to remain silent. “I didn’t want to do it, but now I’ll pay for it.”

Henry asked District Court Judge Matthew J. Nestor for $20,000 cash bail, pointing to a failure to appear in court in 2008 and some older charges that were subsequently dismissed, according to Lustig’s temporary defense lawyer Pamela Harris-Daley. He lives in a single room in Quincy, she said. “He is employed as an attorney but, quite frankly, it doesn’t seem to sustain him.” Harris-Daley said Listig can only afford $300 bail.

Nestor was disturbed that a lawyer would even consider not showing up for any court date.

“As a member of the bar he understands the importance of showing up and he didn’t show up,” Nestor told Harris-Daley, before setting bail at $2,000 cash and ordering him back to court on Dec. 9.