245 drug finds in local jail
Prisons Minister David Ford revealed the number of drug finds in the Londonderry since 2009.
The amount of finds at Maghaberry and Hydebank during the same period were 568 and 348 respectively.
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Hide AdLast year the Sentinel reported how eighteen people were arrested on suspicion of attempting to smuggle banned substances into HMP Magilligan between 2007 and 2011.
The amount of arrests rose from three in 2007/8 to four in 2008/9 before falling back to three in 2009/10 and spiking to eight in 2010/11.
In the first six months of 2011/12 there were no arrests.