A prisons officer has been arrested after being found with a quantity of contraband items including marijuana inside the Maximum Security Prison (MSP) at Golden Grove in Arouca.

According to a report, the officer who has four years of service and is assigned to MSP, was searched at around 8 am on November 12 inside the prison by police officers from the Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), upon the officer reporting for duty.

During the search, several packets containing plant-like material, a sum of cash and a quantity of cigarettes and were found on his person. The officer was escorted to his vehicle where, during a search, officers found similar items in the vehicle.