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Half a million dollars worth of drugs seized at Bowden Institution

Nov 24, 2017 | 3:59 PM

Just shy of $500,000 worth of drugs have been seized at the Bowden Institution.

Staff confiscated multiple packages of contraband from the yard of the medium-security prison on November 14. The contraband includes methamphetamine and THC.

The seizure is the result of combined efforts of correctional officers, the detector-dog team and security intelligence officers.

The Correctional Service of Canada says it is using a number of tools to increase security at its institutions, including ion scanners and drug-detector dogs to search buildings, personal property, inmates and visitors.