Four criminals have been convicted after a crooked prison officer helped smuggle cannabis and tobacco into HMP Birmingham. The scandal exposes shocking abuse of trust inside one of the UK’s toughest jails.
Inside the Smuggling Ring
West Midlands Police revealed their investigation had unearthed the scheme involving Carla Moskot-Brettell, a 35-year-old prison custody officer at HMP Hewell. She teamed up with her partner, inmate Darren Oakes, and two accomplices, Louise Docker and Patricia Bucknell.
The gang planned to sneak drugs into the prison by wrapping cannabis in cling film, placing it inside surgical gloves sourced by Moskot-Brettell. To throw off sniffer dogs, the packages were coated with spices. Bucknell smuggled the contraband in during social visits with Oakes.
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