CCTV shows shocking moment man caught smuggling drugs and tobacco into UK prison

A man caught smuggling £4,500 worth of drugs and tobacco into HMP Peterborough has been ordered to carry out unpaid work.

Fabian Small, 23, was visiting an inmate at the prison on 8 March when he was seen on CCTV passing a package to the prisoner in the visitors’ hall.

A Cambs Police spokesperson said: “The package was recovered from the prisoner at the end of visiting hours and found to contain 29.9g of cannabis, 43.4g of tobacco and seven unknown pills.”

Small, of Drummond Road, Leicester, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court on Monday (19 May) where he was sentenced to a total of eight months in prison, suspended for one year, after previously pleading guilty to taking a prohibited ‘class A’ item into prison – namely cannabis, and taking a prohibited ‘class C’ item into prison – namely tobacco.

He was also sentenced for possession with intent to supply cannabis in relation to a Leicestershire police investigation. Small must also carry out 180 hours of unpaid work and a 30-day rehabilitation activity requirement.

Detective Constable Katey Shaw, who investigated, said: “Tobacco has a considerably higher value within prison – the amount Small delivered is worth up to about £1,500, and the same for the cannabis which is worth up to £3,000.

“Taking prohibited items into any prison is a serious offence which will not be tolerated.”

Anyone with information about drugs can report to police online via the dedicated drugs information webpage.