A prison officer caught smuggling class A drugs into a top security jail has been sentenced to more than six years behind bars. Heather McKenzie, 31, brought cocaine and mobile phones into HMP Shotts in North Lanarkshire.
A court heard an investigation was launched in March 2020 and McKenzie was identified as a suspected drugs trafficker. There had been suspicions about the growing number of drugs found in cells.
Further intelligence suggested McKenzie had formed a close bond with a prisoner serving a life term. 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.
