Cell phones smuggled over the air in Scottish Jail with a crossbow

We've heard of cell phones smuggled into jails in the most imaginative ways; they have been found hidden in mens' undwear, stuffed inside a toad or a dead squirrel, in mayonnaise jars, in compost piles, a prisoner's bowels, the soles of their shoes, inside hollowed-out blocks of cheese, or alarmingly and more commonly, through a corrupt correctional officer.

But flying through the air from the outside on a crossbow is a new one.

According to UK's Daily Record:

Accomplices on the outside are helping the prisoners get their booty past security.

They attach fishing line to crossbow bolts and fire them over the prison wall and into cell windows.

Prisoners then reel in the line to get the contraband - including drugs, weapons and mobile phones - which is attached to the other end.

emily | 10:15 AM | Inmates and Cell Phones |
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