RANKS of the Joint Services on Thursday conducted a search of the Camp Street Prison in the city, during which a number of prohibited items were unearthed.
The list includes eight cell phones, one sim card and one gram of cannabis. A quantity of razor blades, improvised weapons and unused zip lock bags were also found by the authorities.

Currently 187 inmates are at the Camp Street prison. Over the years a number of prison officers were placed before the courts for facilitating the smuggling of contraband into the prison cells for inmates. In some instances the items were intended for, and in other cases, delivered to suspects on remand for murder, cocaine trafficking, armed robberies and other serious crimes.

Only recently prisoners at the New Amsterdam jail posted photographs on social media with them drinking high-end liquor on Mother’s Day. An investigation has been launched into the matter.