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CONTRABAND INTERCEPTION AT BOWDEN INSTITUTION

Bowden, Alberta - February 14, 2009 – Acting on intelligence information, security intelligence officers interviewed two visitors to Bowden Institution on February 14 2009.  The visitors admitted to carrying narcotics and turned the drugs to officers.  The Institutional value of the contraband is estimated at approximately $40,000.

The drugs, believed to be marijuana and hash-oil, were seized by institutional staff.

The RCMP was notified of the seizure and the visitors were escorted off the property.

The Correctional Service of Canada 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, visitor’s ion scanners, drug dogs and searches of buildings and cells.

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For further information, media representatives may contact:

Rita Wehrle
Bowden Institution
403.227.7346