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CONTRABAND AT SPRINGHILL INSTITUTION

SPRINGHILL, NS, August 27, 2008 - On Friday, August 22, 2008, a large quantity of drugs was confiscated from a visitor who arrived at Springhill Institution to visit an offender. The Correctional Service of Canada seized 238 pills and 39 illegal cigarettes.

The intercepted drugs included: 1 Hydromorphpone 24mg pill, 100 Hydromorphone pills, 15 MS Cotin pills, 40 Didaudid #8 pills, 51 Dilaudid #4 pills, 20 Oxycotin 40mg pills, and APO 50 pills. The total estimated institutional value of the drugs is approximately $10,660.

The Springhill Police Service and the North Cumberland Street Crime Unit are investigating the incident. Charges have been laid.

Preventing drugs from entering our institutions is an ongoing challenge, however, it is the diligent work of staff and in this case the intelligence information sharing with the Springhill Police Service and the North Cumberland Street Crime Unit that help us tackle this challenge. CSC has a zero tolerance policy on illegal drugs in its institutions.

Springhill Institution is a medium-security federal penitentiary, housing 470 male offenders.

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For more information, media representatives may contact:

Shannon Oickle
Chief, Administration and Materiel Management
902-597-0131