By Kalani Gordon
The Baltimore Sun
BALTIMORE — Correctional officers this week intercepted a delivery truck carrying contraband cell phones and drug paraphernalia attempting to enter the Jessup Correctional Institution, the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said Friday.
Five cell phones and five charger cords were found in electrical junction boxes with several magnets affixed to the bottom of the truck cabin, the agency said in a news release. The electrical plugs were removed in each box.
Inspections were performed on additional vehicles operated by the delivery company, which services 10 central Maryland prisons, the agency said. Two similar boxes found in two trucks contained black flip phones and drug paraphernalia, and another box on a third truck contained a white powder substance, the agency said.
They were believed to be intended for the institutions.
“Thanks to the vigilance of our correctional officers, we were successful in stopping contraband from entering secured correctional facilities,” Public Safety Secretary Stephen T. Moyer said. “We will continue to be vigilant in our efforts to stop drugs and other contraband from entering our facilities to make them safe for our employees, inmates and visitors,” Moyer remarked.
An investigation by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services’ Internal Investigative Division is under way.
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