Correctional officers have netted a major haul of tobacco, with an estimated prison value of $6,000, during a search of a prison in the Hunter region.
Staff conducted an intelligence-based search and found the tobacco and other contraband in a shopping bag in weeds near a drain in the visitor’s carpark at St Heliers Correctional Centre in Muswellbrook on Saturday afternoon.
The operation found 20 pouches of rolling tobacco that can be worth up to $300 each in a minimum-security prison.
In a separate find nearby, a resealable sandwich bag containing tobacco and cigarette papers was discovered in the fork of a tree. The tobacco weighed 51.5 grams.
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