Woman trying to take illicit substance to prison arrested

A woman has been arrested after she was caught trying to take a suspicious substance into prison this morning. The prisons' director said in a statement this evening the woman was stopped by prison officials at around 10 a.m. She had been entering the...

A woman has been arrested after she was caught trying to take a suspicious substance into prison this morning.

The prisons' director said in a statement this evening the woman was stopped by prison officials at around 10 a.m.

She had been entering the facility to visit her son who is serving a number of sentences related to theft and drug trafficking.

The woman was found carrying the illicit substance in intimate parts of her body during a search by two female officers.

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