{"id":13723,"date":"2025-04-12T12:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T12:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/13723\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T12:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T12:24:16","slug":"pair-tried-to-smuggle-cocaine-and-spice-into-hmp-bristol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/13723\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair tried to smuggle cocaine and spice into HMP Bristol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Casey Collins, 22, left a package containing drugs in a bin for collection<a class=\"Badge_badge-link__41H_0 \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/news\/\" data-testid=\"badge-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 false\">Shannon Brown<\/strong> Reporter<\/p>\n<p>21:03, 11 Apr 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_Drugs-smuggling.jpg\" alt=\"Casey Collins (left), and Kyle Joyner (right)\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Casey Collins (left), and Kyle Joyner (right)(Image: Avon and Somerset Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Two men have been jailed for their involvement in smuggling drugs into prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kyle Joyner, serving time at HMP Bristol, arranged for drugs to be brought into the prison by Casey Collins, 22, who left a package containing cocaine, spice and tobacco in a bin for collection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Joyner, 31 and Collins, 22 both pleaded guilty to conspiring to bring\/throw\/convey prohibited items (drugs) into a prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Friday, April 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">At the hearing, His Honour Judge Peter Blair KC said the consequences of prohibited items getting into prisons \u201chardly needs stating\u201d with drug use having a \u201cterrible impact\u201d not only on those using, but also on those trying to manage prisons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">On Thursday, October 17, 2023, a package containing nearly 54g of cocaine, spice and tobacco was found inside HMP Bristol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">An investigation was launched and officers arrested Collins for being involved in the bid to get the prohibited items into the prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He had left the drugs in a bin so they could be collected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Further analysis of phone data led officers to speak to Joyner about his involvement in organising the package to be brought into the prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He was a serving prisoner within HMP Bristol at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Collins, of Somerdale Avenue in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/knowle\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Knowle<\/a>, was sentenced for two years and four months, plus a further 12 months to run consecutively after a previous suspended sentence was activated.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_drugs.jpg\" alt=\"Cocaine, spice and tobacco were found at HMP Bristol\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Cocaine, spice and tobacco were found at HMP Bristol(Image: Avon and Somerset Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Joyner, of no fixed address, was given a three-year jail sentence to run consecutively with a prison sentence of eight years and eight months, given last year for separate offences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Det Ch Insp Ben Lavender, head of the serious and organised crime team, said: \u201cOur investigation was able to successfully identify those involved in this plan to smuggle illegal drugs into HMP Bristol, and two men have been given jail sentences as a result.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to work with our partners in the prison service to prevent illegal drugs and other prohibited items from getting into the prison estate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThe impact of offences like this can be extremely significant and puts prisoners and those who work in prisons at risk of serious harm.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Casey Collins, 22, left a package containing drugs in a bin for collectionNews Shannon Brown Reporter 21:03, 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