Guards at the Caxias prison in the municipality of Oeiras prevented a woman from handing over drugs to her son, who was in pretrial detention at the prison. The woman was transferred to the PSP for custody.
The illegality was discovered during a visit on Tuesday morning. Guards on duty at the site were told by their colleagues running the prison’s CCTV centre that a woman had just given drugs to her son. Family members were approached and the prisoner, a 25-year-old man on remand for misusing a guarantee or credit card, denied having any drugs. A strip search yielded no results, prompting guards to use the CCTV again. That’s when the drugs could be seen hidden inside the prisoner’s trainers. A dozen hashish acorns weighing a total of 77 grams.
Contacted CMFrederico Morais, president of the National Union of Prison Guards, highlighted the “excellent professionalism of prison guards in the fight against drug trafficking in prisons.”
Author: Miguel Curado
Source: CM Jornal
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