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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Petlee Peter

Items seized, alleged drug-driving detected during joint operation at Canberra prison

ACT Policing and ACT Corrective Services conducted a joint operation at the weekend targeting movement of contraband into the Alexander Machonochie Centre (AMC) in Canberra.

This is the third joint operation since November 2025 targeting contraband at AMC.

Between 1pm and 6pm on Saturday, July 25, ACT Policing officers from the ACT Intelligence, Road Policing, and Drugs and Organised Crime Team alongside ACT Corrective Services Intelligence, Security, and K9 units conducted an operation targeting people seeking to visit the Centre, police said.

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