Improvised weapons, ganja among contraband items found during N/A Prison raid
A number of prohibited items, including cellular phones, were found on Friday during a routing search at the New Amsterdam penitentiary.
It was reported that the exercise was carried out in the wee hours of Friday by prison officials with the assistance of ranks from the Guyana Defence Force, and other ranks of Police Regional Division #6.
The items that were found at the New Amsterdam Prison
The contraband items found during the joint operation include two zip lock bags containing ganja, 17 improvised weapons, 23 lighters, a number of razor blades, three pairs of scissors, and 11 cell phones.
The items were taken to Central Police Station where they were lodged, to be disposed of.
Only a few weeks ago a joint search exercise conducted at the New Amsterdam Prison unearthed a number of illegal items including two Samsung and one ZTE cellular phones; four phone batteries; 60 zip lock bags with a quantity of leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis amounting to 37.9 grams; one Digicel SIM card; 37 lighters; four phone chargers; 18 razor blades; 10 improvised weapons, and two pairs of scissors.
