A woman used a packet of Quavers in an attempt to smuggle cannabis into prison while visiting an inmate that she did not know, a court has heard.
Rahima Begom used a packet of the popular crisp to conceal the drugs and tobacco which she passed to HMP Wayland prisoner Kieron Nickels.
However, the officers became suspicious and the drugs were found after the pair were searched, Norwich Crown Court heard.
The court was told that Begom, 21, had visited Nickels, 25, who is serving eight years in custody for aggravated burglary.
John Morgans, prosecuting, said she took the package from between her legs before hiding it with the Quavers packet before sliding it on the table.
He added that the 4g of cannabis had a value of between £270 and £300 outside prison, the Eastern Daily Press reports.
Inside the prison the value of the drugs – contained in two tubes – would have been around ‘four and 10 times as much’.
The pair were not known to each other before the prison visit on November 13, 2022, the court was told.
Rahima Begom used a packet of Quavers to conceal the drugs and tobacco which she passed to HMP Wayland prisoner Kieron Nickels, Norwich Crown Court heard (file image)
However, the officers at HMP Wayland (pictured) became suspicious and the drugs were found after the pair were searched
Judge Alice Robinson jailed Nickels for eight months and sentenced Begom to two months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months (file image)
Having both pleaded guilty to conveying a class A article, namely cannabis, into Wayland prison, the pair appeared in court on Tuesday
Oliver Haswell, mitigating for Begom, of Sotherton Road, Eaton, Norwich, said she was 18 at the time of the offence and had shown ‘immaturity, naivety and stupidity’.
He added hat she knew she was to be paid for taking drugs into the prison but did not know what it was or how much.
Damian Zelazowski, for Nickels, now of HMP Aylesbury, said that he had accrued a debt while inside which he had to pay off by helping get drugs into prison.
Judge Alice Robinson jailed Nickels for eight months and sentenced Begom to two months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months.
