Prison Service Reports 10 Phones Found in Search

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An intelligence-led search at Maximum Security Prison on Monday 26 October yielded prohibited articles, according to a Prison Service update dated that day and shared on its public WhatsApp channel on Tuesday evening.

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service public channel, 27 Oct ↗

The service’s inventory lists 10 mobile phones, 18 improvised weapons, three switchblades and 22 razor blades. It also records charging equipment, headsets, cigarettes and TT$401 in cash. These are the service’s reported recovery figures.

The inventory describes 484 grams of plant-like material resembling marijuana; the notice does not provide a laboratory result confirming its identity. The Prison Service says investigations are ongoing. Its update does not identify anyone charged or establish who was responsible for the items.

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service public channel, 27 Oct ↗

Correction, 29 October: an earlier version of this article incorrectly reported 110 mobile phones. The original Prison Service inventory lists 10. We have corrected the headline, summary and full story. This corrects our reading of the inventory; it is not a new seizure.

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service public channel, 27 Oct ↗ · 103.1FM, 28 Oct, 8:54 a.m. AST ↗ · IzzSo, 29 Oct, 2:30 p.m. AST ↗