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Prison wardens detained for trafficking for RUF detainees

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    Police have arrested three prison wardens for trafficking “subversive documents” and money to and from RUF detainees held in the maximum security Pademba Road Prison, SLENA reported on Wednesday.

    A sergeant who was in charge of RUF detainees and the condemn cell has admitted trafficking medicines, money and provisions from relatives of RUF detainees. Another warden was arrested for taking US $400 from a relative of an RUF prisoner, the acting director of the Criminal Investigation Division, Mr. F.U.K. Daboh, told reporters.

    The third prison warden was caught at the main gate of the prison with some cannabis and has been charged to court.

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