Eight people have been charged after they were allegedly caught trying to smuggle opioid strips, cannabis, tobacco, a syringe, knives, a baseball bat and a crystal, ice-like substance into two Wellington jails.
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The men and women charged were from Orange, Dubbo, Bourke, Wellington and Griffith.
It's alleged they tried to get prohibited items into the Wellington and Macquarie Correctional Centres on the weekend, when Orana-Mid Western Police District and NSW Corrective Services officers conducted a joint operation targeting the introduction of prohibited items.
As part of the operation 408 visitors were screened using drug detection dogs, 126 vehicles were searched, and 239 people had personal property searched.
People busted at Wellington jails
- A 21-year-old Dubbo man charged with bringing knives in.
- A 35-year-old Orange woman charged with supplying drugs and bringing a prohibited item in.
- A 24-year-old Wellington woman charged with supplying drugs and bringing a prohibited item in.
- A 29-year-old Wellington woman charged with bringing a syringe in.
- A 21-year-old Bourke woman charged with supplying drugs and bringing a prohibited item in.
- A 25-year-old Dubbo woman charged with supplying drugs and introducing bringing a prohibited item in.
- A 28-year-old Griffith woman charged with two outstanding first instance warrants.
- A 28-year-old Wellington man charged with two first instance warrants and possessing heroin.