The National Security foils the smuggling of phones and drugs into the Hillah prison.

The National Security Agency thwarted an attempt to smuggle mobile phones and prohibited materials into Al-Hilla prison, while dismantling a conspiracy network that included an employee at the prison health center and a guard at the correctional facility.

The agency stated in a statement received by the News Video Agency that the operation was carried out based on precise intelligence information and in coordination with prison security authorities and the Narcotics Control Directorate, and after obtaining judicial approvals. It resulted in the seizure of three mobile phones hidden inside the underwear of one of the suspects.

It added that security forces also seized charging cables hidden inside the lining of shoes worn by another suspect, intending to exchange them with one of the inmates, while sniffer dogs detected the presence of narcotics inside the suspects' vehicle, which was sent to the relevant authorities for examination.

The agency indicated that investigations led to the suspects' confession of the involvement of an employee at the prison health center and a guard at the correctional facility in a smuggling network, noting that the investigating judge issued two arrest warrants against them according to Article 331 of the Penal Code, and both warrants were executed, leading to their arrest.