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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DONNACONA (Quebec), September 18, 2006 - On September 15, 2006, through the careful and thorough work of staff at Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum-security penitentiary, a search uncovered a single-shot homemade firearm (zip gun).

According to expert armourers with Sûreté du Québec, the gun was potentially functional. However, it had been hidden in a place from which inmates could no longer retrieve it. An internal investigation is currently underway to determine where the various gun components came from and whether its assembly can be traced to a specific inmate.

The authorities at Donnacona Institution wish to remind citizens that there is a toll-free telephone line (1-866-355-DONA or 3662) for reporting any pressure to which a visitor may be subjected by other visitors and/or inmates involved in drug trafficking, intimidation, assault and loan-sharking. Such information is treated with confidentiality, and a security intelligence officer will provide follow-up.

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For further information, media representatives are asked to contact:

Stéphane Jaillet
Assistant Warden, Management Services
418-285-2455, ext. 2110