Thief Got Arrested To Smuggle Drugs

Monday, 13th July 2020 at 3:01pm

According to the Eastern Daily Press website, a man got himself arrested for shoplifting as a way to try to smuggle drugs into jail, hidden in Kinder egg containers.

Jamie Burns was arrested for stealing alcohol but when placed in a police cell he admitted to officers he had heroin, cocaine and cannabis about his person, which he was planning to try to smuggle in to Norwich prison.

Burns – jailed for 32 months – has a history of offending, with 35 previous convictions for 84 offences.

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