As he ac­knowl­edged the threats posed by crim­i­nals in and out of prison, Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Mar­vin Gon­za­les has promised that ad­di­tion­al re­sources will be di­rect­ed to the prison ser­vice to clamp down on il­le­gal ac­tiv­i­ties be­hind bars.

Gon­za­les made the an­nounce­ment dur­ing his ad­dress at the PNM's meet­ing at the Mt Hope/ Mt Lam­bert Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre, on Fri­day night.

Gon­za­les was ap­point­ed as Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter by Prime Min­is­ter Stu­art Young, SC, ear­li­er in March, suc­ceed­ing Fitzger­ald Hinds, who served in the role since 2021.