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A 13-YEAR-OLD is among two people arrested for trying to smuggle several contraband items into the Maximum Security Prison (MSP) in Arouca using a drone.

A release on October 4 said police conducted an intelligence-based operation in the Northern Division with multiple national security arms from 6.30 pm on October 3 to 5 am October 4.

Officers conducted surveillance at Forde Street Extension, Bon Air, based on the intelligence that people were attempting to smuggle contraband into the prison.