Africa-Press – South-Africa. A prison warder was arrested, and drugs were confiscated during a raid at the St Albans Correctional Facility in Gqeberha over the weekend, Eastern Cape police said.
Police spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg said the Gqeberha K9 Unit, Anti-Gang Unit and Department of Correctional Services conducted a stop-and-search operation of vehicles and personnel entering the prison premises early on Sunday.
“During the search of a Mercedes-Benz minibus, police K9 ‘Coda’ reacted to a package, which contained drugs. Further investigation led the team to… a prison cell where more drugs – dagga, cocaine and tik – and six cellphones and three cellphone charges were seized,” she said.
Warden arrested after drugs worth R1 million found at her home on prison premises
She said 400 mandrax tablets, two rolls of dagga, 14 packets of cocaine, 34 packets of tik (methamphetamine) and cash were seized during the operation.
Janse van Rensburg said a 38-year-old correctional services official was arrested on a charge of dealing in drugs and was expected to appear in the St Albans Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
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