Ranks of the Joint Services yesterday morning carried out a three-hour raid at the New Amsterdam Prison, during which a number of illegal items were found.
Among the items were five improvised weapons, 22 lighters, 14 cell phones, 12 chargers, 11 earpieces, 2 SIM cards, a watch and 12 grammes of cannabis.
The exercise was conducted between 6.30 and 9.30am.
The search came just a day after similar searches were conducted at the Lusignan and Georgetown prisons, where similar contraband items were uncovered.