Drugs found inside prison-bound shoes

Prison staff have located drugs concealed inside a pair of shoes before they could be smuggled into prison.

The Corradino Prison said that prison officials were conducting searches amongst objects that were being transported into the prison when their eyes were drawn to a pair of shoes, that turned out to be concealing 23 packets of three different types of drugs.

“This discovery clearly proves that the Corrective Facility is committed to eliminating the smuggling of all types of prohibited and illegal objects into prison,” it said.

District police were informed of the case, and duty magistrate Charmaine Galea appointed an inquiry into the drug find.