A woman tried to smuggle drugs to her partner in prison by hiding them in children's drawings, a court has heard. Chelsea Hill concealed pregabalin powder between two sheets of paper which were stuck together, and then popped them in the post to HMP Swansea.
After the rouse was discovered police found Hill's partner had given her instructions on exactly where in the drawings to hide the drugs so he could easily find them on arrival. A judge at Swansea Crown Court said it was "astonishing" that the prisoner, who had been telling the defendant what to do, had seemingly not been charged with any offence.
Sian Cutter, prosecuting, told the court that in October 2021 a prison officer in HMP Swansea was handed a letter addressed to an inmate which contained a child's drawing - the artwork consisted to two pieces of paper stuck together. An examination of the item showed that between the two sheets was powder which turned out to be 1.29g of pregabalin, a Class C drug.
