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Arthur Collins Transferred Following Video of Steroid Injection

The Ministry of Justice has allocated £10 million for anti-drone defences in response to ongoing contraband smuggling

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Overview

  • A video captured on a smuggled phone at HMP The Mount shows Collins, who is serving a 20-year sentence for a 2017 acid attack, receiving a suspected steroid injection in his cell.
  • Prison authorities relocated him to HMP Buckley Hall, a higher-security facility, over suspicions of plotting drug smuggling via drones.
  • Guards at Buckley Hall uncovered illicit items linked to drug deliveries shortly after his arrival.
  • New security measures include restricted airspace zones around prisons and a specialist unit targeting illegal aerial contraband drops.
  • MPs Alec Shelbrooke and Lee Anderson have demanded tougher punishments and stricter lockdown procedures to curb prison contraband.