Members of the Joint Services yesterday conducted raids for contraband at all the prisons across the country, uncovering phones and improvised weapons.
The Guyana Prison Service (GPS), in a press release issued yesterday, said “Operation Sanitize” was carried out between 06:00 hrs and 11:00 hrs and resulted in the discovery and seizure of a number of contraband items.
Among the items discovered were 17 cellular phones, 56 improvised weapons, 4 packs of cigarettes, a quantity of fermented wine and lighters.