Drugs smuggled into Guys Marsh prison in dead rats
Drugs, tobacco and mobile phones were smuggled into a prison stuffed inside dead rats.
The items were sewn inside the bodies of three rats found by officers in early March in the grounds of HMP Guys Marsh near Shaftesbury, Dorset.It said it was investigating with Dorset Police but was unable to say whether anyone had been arrested.Prison officers cut open the rodents, which had apparently been thrown over the fence, and found a large amount of drugs, including spice and cannabis.
Prisons Minister Rory Stewart said:"This find shows the extraordinary lengths to which criminals will go to smuggle drugs into prison."
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