Bra blitz foils prison drug smugglers
A BRA-zen attempt to smuggle contraband into the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre has seen three women charged with allegedly hiding drugs and tobacco in their bras in an attempt to bring them into the Kempsey jail.
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A BRA-zen attempt to smuggle contraband into the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre has seen three women charged with allegedly hiding drugs and tobacco in their bras in an attempt to bring them into the Kempsey jail.
It can be confirmed that a Corrective Services blitz led to three visitors being charged and eight prevented from entering the complex over the weekend.
It comes after The Daily Telegraph revealed that gifts of underwear and socks were outlawed in NSW prisons last month when authorities discovered they were being used to smuggle drugs.
Officers found drugs sewn into the lining of designer underwear and socks in nine packaged mailed to NSW inmates in the 18 months to February.
During the weekend’s operation, dogs detected 178 Suboxone strips, a long-acting opiod painkiller.
Corrective Services also seized 4.8 grams of methamphetamine, 69.5 grams of tobacco, cigarette papers and two USB sticks.
It is alleged that all the items were hidden in balloons in the women’s bras.
Minister for Corrections David Elliott said the operation proved those attempting to smuggle items into prison would be punished.
“Any contraband that enters the prison environment presents a major risk to the health, safety and security of staff and inmates. Visitors caught bringing banned items, including illegal and prescription drugs, to correctional centres face penalties of up to two years’ imprisonment.”