Hong Kong authorities recorded a 36 per cent increase in illicit cigarette busts last year, seizing HK$2.7 billion (US$345.4 million) worth of goods, as the customs chief warned of a new tactic of children being used to smuggle tobacco across the border. At a press conference on Thursday to review its work in 2025, the…
In the past ten months, the Delhi prison administration has seized over 300 mobile phones from inmates in Tihar Jail. Almost double the number recovered during the same period last year, officers said on Sunday. The increase comes despite the formation of a dedicated intelligence cell meant to curb smuggling of contraband inside the prison,…
When the government puts a criminal behind bars, Americans feel relief: That’s one more lawbreaker who can no longer terrorize our communities. But too often that is not the case, thanks in large part to contraband phones. Over the past several years, thousands of cell phones have poured into state and local prisons — smuggled…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — South Carolina officials are supporting a plan by the Federal Communications Commission to stop inmates from using cellphones in prisons. The Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced that the FCC will be voting this month on a proposal that, for the first time, would allow prisons to jam contraband cellphones….