Correctional officers at Joyceville Institution have seized a large quantity of contraband.
Correctional Service Canada says several inmates were apprehended while trying to smuggle hundreds of grams of tobacco and marijuana into the prison on July 14.
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The institutional value of the items seized is estimated to be over $26,000.
Correctional officials are currently investigating the incident.
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