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Pharmacist who smuggled £20,000 worth of drugs in bra for prisoner boyfriend jailed

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A pharmacy technician has been sentenced to more than six years in prison after smuggling drugs and other prohibited items into jail via her bra for a prisoner with whom she had developed a relationship. Tanya Petrie, 61, was working for Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust at HMP Bristol when she became involved in what was described as a flirtatious relationship with an inmate. The woman, from Worle, North Somerset, was caught in October 2023 after police observed her collecting a package from a wheelie bin close to the prison. She retrieved the parcel at around 6.30am, said to have intended to pass it on to her prisoner boyfriend. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The package contained around two ounces of high-purity cocaine, 77g of spice paste - a synthetic substance designed to produce effects similar to cannabis - as well as tobacco. Petrie was arrested at approximately 8am that day on suspicion of taking prohibited items into a prison. During questioning, she told police that a prisoner

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