Correctional Service Canada (CSC) says it intercepted a package containing contraband at Collins Bay Institution earlier this week.
Monday, around 9:30 p.m., correctional staff found a package containing marijuana, tobacco, cigars, two cell phones, a charger, earbuds and a “chatter card” in a package outside the perimeter of the federal penitentiary.
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CSC believes the package was meant to be thrown over the walls of the institution.
The institutional value of the contents is over $32,000, according to CSC.
CSC is heightening measures to prevent contraband from entering its institutions, and has set up a tipline for all federal institutions, 1-866-780-3784.