Prisoners return to jail with zombie drug Spice under insoles of trainers

There’s a new problem for prison officers to deal with - zombie drug spice being smuggled into cells inside trainers. The Mirror reports the ruse is believed to have been used scores of times by freed prisoners being recalled because of a breach of licence.

And some offenders almost certain of getting a jail term even used the trainers trick before going to court for sentence. They devised a way to get through security checks by tucking paper soaked in the synthetic mind-altering substance under trainer insoles.

A source at Category C HMP Moorland near Doncaster said: “It was popular among returning prisoners. They knew it was a surefire way to get drugs inside or make a few quid selling them.”