Ganja sneaked into prison in pickle bottles | Deccan Chronicle | 2010-04-08

Ganja sneaked into prison in pickle bottles Deccan Chronicle 2010-04-08: "smuggling ganja inside the jail in their shoes, socks and various body orifices, drug peddlers at Puzhal Central Prison are now packing the drug in pickle bottles that they carry into the facility. Over the past few weeks, and as recently as Tuesday, prison authorities arrested several people for attempting to smuggle ganja inside pickle bottles.
“We discovered that the quantity of pickles being sent inside the jail had increased drastically in recent times. We decided to check a few of the pickle bottles and that is how we busted the racket,” a senior prison official said.
According to the official, smugglers pack ganja in little polythene bags and stuff several packets of the narcotic inside each bottle of pickle. “Due to the dark colour of the pickle, it is impossible to see the packets,” he added. “We dig into the bottle with a spoon to detect the packets.”
He added that smugglers have already tried packing narcotics inside oranges, pomegranates and even papayas by scooping out the inside of the fruit and stuffing it with ganja.
Prison officials claimed that they have approached the government for more scanners in state prisons. Only the central prisons in Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchy currently have scanners that can detect narcotic substances or weapons. “We have requested for scanners at the Puzhal, Cuddalore and Vellore prisons too,” an official said.
The officials said they had been requesting for additional forces to be deployed outside the prison walls as a bulk of the smuggled goods are simply thrown over the prison wall and into the facility."