Minors forced to hide drugs internally for prison visits

Children are being used to smuggle drugs into prison by “packing” them internally — and are sometimes forced to do so by gangs, prison authorities have revealed.

In one case, a mother and her 12-year-old daughter were pulled over in their car by two criminals who inserted drugs into the girl and threatened them to pass the drugs over during a prison visit.

Prison bosses are so concerned at the problem, and drug-smuggling generally, that they have set up a confidential phone line to encourage people to supply them with information.