Airport-style security gates installed in Forest Bank prison to stop drug smuggling
“Contraband is a complex issue, posing significant risks to prisoners, staff and the public.
Drugs intercepted as part of Operation Dragonfire at Forest Bank prison in Salford.
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Airport-style security has been installed at a Salford prison in a bid to tackle the smuggling in of contraband such as drugs, phones, and weapons.
Crackdown on mobile phone use in prison as cannabis, spice laced paper and screwdrivers seized from cells
Crackdown on illicit mobile phone use in prison as cannabis, spice laced paper and screwdrivers seized from cells Illegal phones, electrical devices and drugs have been seized following an operation to crack down on organised crime gang members operating from inside prison. Following a significant increase in the number of phone throw overs - where mobile phones are thrown over the prison walls at the prison, a joint-operation named Operation Dragonfire has been launched between Greater Manchester Police (GMP), HMP Forest Bank, HMPPS and North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU), to further the work carried out by prison staff.
Crackdown on gang members using illicit mobile phones in prison Date published: 10 April 2021
A joint-operation named Operation Dragonfire has been launched between Greater Manchester Police, HMP Forest Bank, HMPPS and North West Regional Organised Crime Unit
Illegal phones, electrical devices and drugs have been seized following an operation to crack down on organised crime gang members operating from inside prison.
Following a significant increase in the number of phone throw overs - where mobile phones are thrown over the prison walls at the prison, a joint-operation named Operation Dragonfire has been launched between Greater Manchester Police (GMP), HMP Forest Bank, HMPPS and North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU), to further the work carried out by prison staff.
Guards raid Forest Bank prison cells of top gang members and seize mobile phones and drugs We are well aware that people still try and orchestrate their empires from inside the jail
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Mobile phones, steroids, sim cards and electric contraband were found during a police operation targeting the cells of senior gang members at a Salford prison.
Tobacco, cigarette papers, cannabis, Spice-lined paper, lighters and screwdrivers were also found during an operation at Forest Bank prison in Agecroft.
Cells were searched at 4am by prison officers working off intelligence from Greater Manchester Police on those at the top of organised crime groups.