January 6, 2006
Prison officer smuggles mobile phones in bags of crisps
A British prison officer has admitted trying to smuggle drugs and mobile phones to an inmate inside two bags of crisps, on Christmas Eve - but was caught in a routine search, reports BBC News.
Bentley, a prison officer for three years, was given the search when a senior officer noticed the unusually heavy weight of the bags.
Two large blocks of cannabis resin and a mobile phone were found in one of the bags of Kettle Chips, while the second contained another block, some pills and three mobile phones.
Susan Tickle, prosecuting, said: "Mr Bentley initially told police he had taken the packages in at the request of a prisoner on his wing to whom he owed £300 in gambling debts. "He said he thought they contained mobile phones and slimming pills. He said the packages were already sealed when he collected them."
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