Only three ‘active’ dogs to combat flow of drugs into state’s 14 jails

THERE are only three drug dogs in the country’s 14 prisons to search hundreds of delivery vehicles bringing supplies into jails every day.

Prison officers said this was a “huge gap” in the security systems at jails and called for the number of so-called “active dogs” to be increased to at least 10-12 dogs.

Deputy general secretary of the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) Eugene Dennehy said drug bosses in prisons were coercing suppliers and van drivers to smuggle drugs in.