Man arrested after trying to smuggle alcohol, cigarettes to prisoner

A man was yesterday arrested after trying to smuggle cigarettes and vodka to a prisoner in the holding cell at the magistrates’ courts complex in Georgetown. Leon Smartt (inset) allegedly tried to conceal the vodka in a Sprite bottle. Smartt was subsequently arrested and taken to the Brickdam Police Station. He is expected to be charged soon. In photo, police officers can be seen examining the vodka in the Sprite bottle. (Photos by Keno George)