Man deliberately got prison term so he could smuggle drugs

A drug smuggler got himself arrested so that he could carry more than £13,000 of heroin into Perth Prison in his own body.

Thomas Smith, 34, hid the drug haul in his own body before committing a petty shoplifting offence and allowing himself to be caught so he could smuggle the heroin into the maximum security jail.



Perth Sheriff Court heard on Thursday that the heroin was found during a search of Smith's cell. The heroin addict had agreed to smuggle the drugs into the prison to pay off debts to drug dealers, the court heard.

Smith, of Fintryside, Dundee, admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin at Perth Prison on February 25 this year and was remanded in custody pending sentence.