How easy it is to get drugs into NZ prisons?

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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 6:54p.m.

By Mihingarangi Forbes

For the first time police have discovered a pure kind of LSD that New Zealand has not yet seen.

It was found in a man's car outside Spring Hill Corrections Facility near Huntly.

The powder is worth $2.5 million and would have made a staggering 50,000 LSD tabs.

A fortnight ago Mt Eden prison guards intercepted nearly $10,000 worth of methamphetamine.

Two men - including a recently released prisoner - were arrested and are facing drugs charges.

Campbell Live wanted to see how easy it is to get drugs into prisons, so they spent a day with prison guards on the watch for contraband.

It wasn’t long before they found some.

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06 Feb 2010 07:30a.m.

accsux wrote:

How easy it is to get drugs into NZ prisons? Real easy... theres more drugs in jail than out.. the supply is year round.. unlike outside where its.. seasonal.. yea like ya gona see the guards ,, bringing in the drugs while ya with them.. thats how most drugs get into prisons... The guards... just like big bottles of bourbon,, the guns... . yea like they ,,,the prisoners...charge them ,, in the visiting room.. yes even prostitutes.. ya cn hav anything in jail if ya got money.. sorta just like outside of jail.. accsux....