Investigation underway after drugs worth nearly $500K found in yard at Bowden Institution

Officials are investigating after nearly $500,000 worth in contraband was found and confiscated from the yard at Bowden Institution in mid-November.

The Correctional Service Canada said staff at the central Alberta facility seized a number of packages from the yard of the medium security unit on November 14.

The packages contained methamphetamine and THC – total value of the contraband was estimated at $495,320. The items were found following efforts by correctional officers, their detector-dog team, and security staff.

Correctional Service Canada officials are investigating.