Ageing infrastructure aiding drug smuggling in prisons: Thobakgale
National Commissioner of Correctional Services, Makgothi Thobakgale, has expressed concern that ageing infrastructure in prisons is used as a hiding place for drugs and other contraband.
He was addressing the media after a surprise raid at Durban’s Westville Correctional Centre during which authorities confiscated a huge stash of contraband, including drugs, knives, cellphones, money and televisions.
The search followed the discovery of drugs hidden in plumbing pipes and other compromised areas of the facility in a two-day operation last week following intelligence information.
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