Criminals stuff drugs and phones into DEAD RATS before throwing them over prison fence in bid to smuggle in contraband to inmates
- Staff at HMP Guys Marsh, Dorset found three dead rats inside perimeter fence
- The rodents appeared to have been cut open ans stitched along their stomachs
- GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Criminals stuffed drugs into dead rats in prison
Criminals stuffed drugs and mobile phones into dead rats in an attempt to smuggle the contraband into a prison, it has emerged.
In the first recorded case of its kind, staff discovered three rats just inside the perimeter fence at HMP Guys Marsh in Dorset.
They appeared to have been stitched along their stomachs so the officers opened them, finding five mobile phones and chargers, three SIM cards, cigarette papers and drugs including spice and cannabis.
GRAPHIC CONTENT: Criminals stuffed drugs and mobile phones into dead rats in an attempt to smuggle the contraband into a prison, it has emerged
The Ministry of Justice said the rats were thrown over the prison fence by organised criminals working with an offender on the inside.
Prisons are trying to stem the flow of illegal phones as they can be used to facilitate more crime – but in the 12 months to March 2018, 10,643 mobile phones were found in prisons in England and Wales, up 15 per cent from the previous year.
![The Ministry of Justice said the rats were thrown over the prison fence by organised criminals working with an offender on the inside at HMP Guys Marsh in Dorset [File photo]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/03/24/23/11407524-6845677-image-a-2_1553471844517.jpg)
The Ministry of Justice said the rats were thrown over the prison fence by organised criminals working with an offender on the inside at HMP Guys Marsh in Dorset [File photo]