Wife busted while sneaking ganja for husband in prison

A Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, Georgetown resident was on Tuesday arrested after she attempted to smuggle a quantity of marijuana into the Camp Street Prison.
Based on reports received, the woman, Nicola Clarke, turned up at the penitentiary with food for her husband, Orpheus Johnson, a murder accused.
As the woman presented the boxes of food at the checkpoint, the officers discovered two well-wrapped packages containing the marijuana. One of the boxes reportedly contained cook-up rice while the other had curry and rice.
The packages were neatly placed under the rice. They were immediately ripped open and the illegal drug was found. Clarke is expected to be charged shortly.
Her husband was on remand for the murder of Travis Rudder, which took place at Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara (EBD) back in 2015. In that same incident, his son and reputed wife were seriously injured. Of recent, several contraband items were smuggled into the prisons. These items include cigarette lighters, marijuana, improvised weapons, cellphones and cellphone cards.
In February last, a Joint Services operation at the Mazaruni Prison unearthed several cellular phones and improvised weapons, among other contraband items.
The six-hour search exercise resulted in the discovery of four cellphones, five phone chargers, three USB cables, a memory card, 30 lighters, 15 smoking utensils, six improvised weapons and several other items, the Guyana Police Force said in a brief statement on Thursday evening.
One week prior to that, a 26-year-old prison officer attached to the New Amsterdam Prison was arrested after he was caught with 528 grams of cannabis and 20 packs of cigarettes at the facility.