Police have charged ten inmates and a prison officer with possession of contraband items.

In a statement, police said an operation on November 21 at the remand prison at Golden Grove and the Maximum Security Prison, Arouca, led to the arrest of ten prisoners who were allegedly found with prohibited items.

On that same day, prison officer Zane Maynard, assigned to the Maximum Security Prison, appeared before an Arima High Court Master Lisa Singh-Phillip on a charge of being in possession of marijuana and prohibited items on November 12. Maynard was granted bail in the sum of $200,000 and ordered to report to the Arouca Police Station every Saturday between 6 am and 8pm.