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DRUG INTERCEPTION AT ATLANTIC INSTITUTION

Renous, N.B., September 23, 2010 - On Saturday, September 18, 2010, at approximately 1:00 pm, staff at Atlantic Institution intercepted an attempt to have drugs introduced into the Institution. Correctional Service Canada, with the help of the RCMP, seized Dilaudid, crack cocaine, hashish and marijuana with an estimated institutional value of $13,000.

The RCMP is investigating and charges are pending.

This seizure is the result of an intensive investigation on the part of CSC's Security Intelligence team in collaboration with one of Atlantic Institution's drug dog teams.

CSC has a number of tools available that are consistently used in our efforts to control the flow of drugs into our institutions. These include such things as searches of offenders, searches of visitors, use of ion scanners, use of drug dogs and searches of buildings and cells.

As part of its Transformation Agenda, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) is strengthening measures to prevent contraband from entering institutions, in order to help ensure a safe and secure environment for everyone, and promote a rehabilitative environment for inmates.

CSC also works in partnership with the police to prosecute inmates and others who attempt to have contraband brought into correctional institutions.

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For further information, please contact:

Libby Dutcher
Media Relations Officer CSC
(506) 623-4004 (work)
(506) 623-9915 (cell)