Package containing high-value contraband seized near B.C. prison

Over $140,000 worth of contraband, including illicit drugs, was seized near a B.C. prison last week.

Correctional Service Canada (CSC) says staff found a package containing contraband items on the perimeter of the Mountain Institution, a medium-security federal penitentiary in Agassiz, on Thursday, March 27.

The agency says the package contained methamphetamine, shatter, card readers, cellphones, charging cords, SIM cards, and tobacco.

“The total estimated institutional value of these seizures is $140,300,” said CSC.

The service says local police have been notified and the institution is investigating.