SURINAME – A prison guard who allegedly rendered his services to an inmate was arrested on Monday.

Paulus Pinas, deputy director at the Ministry of Justice and Police (Juspol), confirmed the arrest and told Times of Suriname that the arrest was made after a quantity of marihuana had been intercepted. After an inmate was caught in procession of the marihuana, prison officials launched an investigation which led to the arrest of the prison guard. The inmate confessed that the prison guard had smuggled marihuana into the prison for him…[+]