![]() Lord Young heard that McKenzie, a first offender, appeared to have been paid money to smuggle the contraband into the prison. The relationship continued, with both the accused and the prisoner holding online conversations over the introduction of drugs and mobile phones to Shotts Prison.Īdvocate Depute Graeme Jessop said McKenzie provided her postcode and house number in the messages. Meetings were then arranged at various locations, including McKenzie’s home address. The court also heard the prisoner arranged for unidentified individuals to meet with McKenzie to drop off drugs, phones and money. ![]() The court was told that during one of their earliest conversations, the accused and the prisoner openly discussed personal drugs misuse. The court heard that an iPhone can sell for up to £5,000 in prison.ĭata recovered from the phones revealed McKenzie discussed smuggling drugs into the prison on six separate occasions. The prisoner’s cell was searched twice and officers found quantities of cocaine and an iPhone, which on examination was found to contain calls and WhatsApp messages to McKenzie’s own mobile. ![]() Further intelligence suggested she had also formed a close bond with a prisoner serving a life term. The court heard that intelligence linked serving prison staff to the corrupt supply of controlled drugs and mobile phones to inmates.ĭuring the investigation, McKenzie was identified as a suspected drugs trafficker. McKenzie, 31, of Forth, Lanarkshire, was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow after pleading guilty last month to charges of supplying a prisoner and others with controlled drugs, phones and a SIM card. Heather McKenzie secretly ferried cocaine and mobile phones into Shotts Prison in Lanarkshire.īut her illicit scheme was uncovered following a joint investigation by the Scottish Prison Service and Police Scotland who became suspicious about the growing number of drugs found in cells. A former prison officer caught smuggling Class A drugs into a top security jail has been jailed for six years and three months.
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