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Ontario Region

News Release

Communiqué

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TOBACCO SEIZURE – COLLINS BAY INSTITUTION

Kingston, Ontario, November 6, 2009 – On Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Correctional Officers at Collins Bay Institution intercepted a package of tobacco which was hidden in the back of a TV. The package contained approximately 287 grams of tobacco with an estimated institutional value of $4,000.

Tobacco has been an unauthorized item within federal correctional facilities since 2008.

Preventing drugs and tobacco products from entering our institutions is an ongoing challenge; however, it is the diligent work of our staff that tackle this challenge.

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For more information, media representatives may contact:

Kent Nicholson
Acting Assistant Warden Management Services
Collins Bay Institution
Correctional Service of Canada
(613) 536-6094