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Wednesday, 28 September 2016 - 09:42

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Toddler, 3, used to smuggle drugs into Vught prison

A woman tried to smuggle soft drugs into the penitentiary in Vught by hiding them on a 3-year-old child, a local police officer reports on Twitter. According to the cop, the woman was found out and the drugs did not make it into the prison. Child welfare was called in for the child. It is unclear who the drugs were intended for.

Bij de PI Vught heeft de beveiliging voorkomen dat een vrouw middels een 3 jarig kind softdrugs naar binnen smokkelde. Jeugdzorg ingezet.

— Operationeel Expert Marcel de Rouw (@WijkAg_Vught_MR) September 27, 2016

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