Smuggling Motivates Policy Shift

a Vehicle Brought in for Repairs at Fraser Regional Correctional
Centre Is Now Under Investigation.

Jail Guards at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre Say a Trailer May
Have Been Used As a "Trojan Horse" to Smuggle Drugs, Weapons, And
Cellphones into the Jail.

a Spokesman for the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
Confirmed This Week That the Maple Ridge Prison Has Now Beefed Up Its
Policy "To Prohibit Public Vehicles From Being Accepted into Any
On-Site Work Programs."

Ridge Meadows RCMP Said That an Investigation Was Launched at The
Correctional Centre on March 7.

"We Are Working With B.C. Corrections on That Investigation but It's
Very Active at This Point, So I'm Not Going to Comment Any Further On
Any Details," Said Cpl. Alanna Dunlop.

Postmedia Network Inc. Received a Tip That Drugs, Makeshift Knives,
Cellphones, Steroids, and Steroid Needles Were Hidden in the Walls Of
a Trailer That Was Brought into the Jail, at the Request of a Private
Citizen, for Inmates to Repair.

"We Did Have an Investigation That Was Initiated on March 7, That
Sounds Similar to What You're Alluding To," Said Dunlop. "We're Still
Working on It."

Inmates Deliberately Broke Gym Equipment and Took It into the Jail's
Metal Work Shop, According to Information Given to Postmedia.

There, the Inmates Removed the Contraband Then Distributed It, Said A
Guard, WHO Refused to Give His Name.

a Stash of Drugs Was Later Found in the Prison, He
Said.

Dean Purdy, a B.C. Government Employees Union Spokesman, Said Police
Are Investigating If the Trailer Was the Source of the Contraband.

but He Said He Was Unable to Confirm If the Drugs Were Directly Linked
to the Trailer.

"I Don't Have Any Proof of That," He Said. "What I Will Say Is That We
Have Suspicions That It Could Be Linked to the Trailer and We Have
Concerns Around That. This Is Something That We Will Be Following Up
With the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General."

the Ministry Spokesman Confirmed That Police Were Notified About The
Trailer After It Was Brought on to the Prison Grounds for Repair.

"Frcc and B.C. Corrections Are Working Closely With the RCMP To
Investigate This Matter," He Said.

"As a Result of This Incident, Frcc Has Strengthened Its Policy To
Prohibit Public Vehicles From Being Accepted into Any On-Site Work
Programs."