EDMONTON – A defence lawyer was arrested by police on Wednesday and charged after allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the Edmonton Remand Centre.
Police say 31-year-old Justin Sidhu went to the Remand on Thursday, September 19 to meet with a client, and brought a package with him. He reportedly said the package contained priviledged lawyer/client information.
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Correctional Peace Officers noticed the contraband after the package was delivered to the inmate. They conducted a search, seized the package, and found approximately six grams of methamphetamine, which has an ‘institutional price’ of $6,000.
Sidhu has been charged with one count of trafficking a controlled substance.
The Edmonton Police Service Institutional Investigative Unit – which has three detectives and deals exclusively with incidents at the Remand, Edmonton Institution, and Edmonton Young Offender Centre – investigated the incident with assistance from Remand Correctional Peace Officers.
The EPS unit has laid three trafficking charges against visitors since its inception at the end of June.
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