A man has been jailed for more than two years after being caught throwing a number of prohibited items into HMP Forest Bank. Demaine York lobbed parcels containing items such as drugs, mobile phones, tobacco and screwdrivers, over the prison walls.
York, 25, was caught on April 3 last year, when plain clothes officers were deployed into the wooded area around the jail in an operation titled 'Dragonfire'. Officers watched as York got off the back of a motorbike, collected two parcels and made his way to the perimeter wall. CCTV then captured him throwing the packages them into the exercise yard.
The motorbike rider who brought York to the woods 'panicked' and abandoned him once he realised that police were there, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said. York tried to escape but was caught and arrested shortly after. He was subsequently searched and was found to have a piece of tin foil in his pocket containing a small amount of cannabis for which he was also arrested.
