Woman caught smuggling drugs inside dates into prison
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March 1, 2026
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A 29-year-old Sangre Grande woman was arrested on Friday after she reportedly attempted to smuggle marijuana into the Golden Grove Prison in Arouca.
Prison officials said the woman came to visit a man at the External Remand Facility just after lunch when she was held. The woman was arrested at the scanner room with the drugs hidden inside 76 dates.
The drugs weighed 170 grammes and were wrapped in plastic wrap and stuffed inside pitted dates.
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