Police have charged a St. John’s man after a body cavity search of a prisoner at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary.
37 year-old Phillip Pynn is now facing drug trafficking charges. RNC say on January 6th they were called to the penitentiary after multiple packages of unknown substances had been seized as a result of the search. On March 3rd police identified the substances as three packages of a mixture of fentanyl and bromazolam (bra-ma-zoe-lam, better known as Xanax.) A fourth package contained cocaine.
RNC say a total of 72 grams of fentanyl/xanax mixture and 20 grams of cocaine were seized with a street value of approximately $30,000.
Wind and rainfall warnings continue for most of NL
Corner Brook woman runs from RCMP, gets caught hiding with cocaine and weapons
Two major projects on O'Connell Drive have wrapped up, traffic delays are done
New Ministers set to give speeches at events today in the capital city
Atlantic Women in Law Enforcement Conference is taking place in the capital city
