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JOYCEVILLE, ON, September 15, 2005 - As a result of an investigation by the security intelligence office at Joyceville Institution, on September 14, 2005, an inmate and visitor were intercepted attempting to introduce drugs to the institution. Four grams of cocaine, twenty-five morphine pills and nine grams of marijuana were seized with an approximate institutional value of $7,800.

The joint forces penitentiary squad have laid charges of possession for the purposes of trafficking on an inmate and a visitor.

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Garry Sly
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