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Tuesday, 22 January, 2002, 10:24 GMT
Replica gun smuggled into prison
The gun was hidden overnight inside Brixton prison
A Prison Service investigation has begun after a replica handgun was found inside the medium security jail at Brixton, South London.
A national newspaper said a "source" carried the black 9mm weapon and blank ammunition in a bag into the heart of the prison. A report in the paper said the bag was not searched and the carrier walked past an X-ray machine. The gun was hidden overnight in a false ceiling in a foyer area between two sealed-off wings, the paper claimed. Basic security lacking The newspaper's informant was "not a serving prison officer", it said. The pistol was smuggled in through a main entrance, past an X-ray machine, without even the most basic security checks and with no questions asked, it added. There was no prison officer present to search the source or use the new X-ray machine, which stood idle, the paper said. The gun was a realistic-looking Italian-made replica, the report claimed.
A Prison Service spokesman said: "We can confirm that on information received a search was carried out at Brixton in which an item, which is now with the police, was found. "There will be a full internal Prison Service investigation and a police investigation." Brixton is a medium security Category B prison. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "A replica gun was found by the Prison Service at Brixton prison. It was in a black bag. "The Metropolitan Police Service and Prison Service are investigating."
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