|
Cannabis Campaigners' Guide News Database result:
|
|
UK: Wormwood Scrubs: Pals throw 70 kgs of cannabis over prison wall
Phil Nettleton The People
Sunday 09 Jul 2006 PRISONERS are getting high on a massive haul of drugs being thrown over their jail walls - and then reeled in with makeshift fishing lines. Almost half a million pounds worth of cannabis has been chucked into Wormwood Scrubs in west London in the past year, the People can reveal. Prison officers seized 8.5 kg in the last six months before amateur anglers among the 1,000 inmates could hook it. But authorities believe the total drugs drop amounts to at least ten times more. That means the annual amount lobbed over the walls could be 170kg - equivalent to nearly 3,000 Mars Bars. A source at the Category B prison - which featured in the original crime movie T he Italian Job starring Michael Caine - said: "This is a major problem. "There are plenty of footpaths around the Scrubs which allow drugs to be easily thrown over. The amazing thing is that prisoners are now using makeshift fishing lines to hook packages out of the way of warders." The rising amount of drugs intercepted has also distorted local police seizure figures. The source added: "It's all a bit embarrassing." A Prison Service spokesman said: "We are doing all we can to keep drugs out of prisons." Contact: p.nettleton@people.co.uk web: http://www.people.co.uk/
After you have finished reading this article you can click here to go back.
|
This page was created by the Cannabis Campaigners' Guide.
Feel free to link to this page!