An inter-agency operation between ACT Policing and ACT Corrective Services last week targeted contraband being brought into the Alexander Maconochie Centre via scheduled appointments.

The afternoon of March 12 saw visitors to the prison engaged by ACT Policing and ACT Corrective Services officers before they entered the facility.

Throughout the afternoon, vehicles and people were stopped and searched as they arrived for scheduled visits. 

Two drivers allegedly returned positive drug-driving tests, multiple items of contraband were seized, and five visitors were turned away after alleged breaches of visitation rules.

Taking a prohibited item into a correctional centre contrary to the ACT Corrections Management Act 2007 carries a fine of up to $1000, imprisonment for one year, or both.

Supply drug of dependence contrary to the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989 carries a fine of up to $5000, imprisonment for five years, or both.

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