Report: Two ISF Members Sacked for Smuggling Drugs to Inmates

The disciplinary committee in the Internal Security Forces issued its final decisions related to the ongoing investigations of some officers linked to the smuggling of drugs and other banned material into prisons, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

Informed security sources revealed to the daily that the decisions include the sacking of two prison officers for facilitating the smuggling of illegal goods into jails.

The colonel and captain had been arrested in recent months on suspicion of being involved in illegal activity at prisons.

The sacking was made ahead of the announcement of the preliminary findings at Roumieh prison's B block, which was raided by security forces on January 12.

The findings and possessions of the Islamist prisoners, who were in control of the block, will be revealed to the media next week, reported al-Joumhouria.

The clearing of block B came after years of warnings that the overcrowded section was a meeting point for militants to plot attacks.

"We have ended the legend that was Roumieh prison," Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq had commented in the wake of the operation.

The inmates were transferred to block D, which has been renovated and has better security.

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