A teenaged girl and two women were held by prison officers today for attempting to smuggle a small quantity of marijuana into the Port-of-Spain Prison on Frederick Street.
During a search, prisons officers found a quantity of marijuana concealed in the sole a rubber slipper.
The suspects, aged 45, 28 and 17, were handed over to police officers attached to the Port-of-Spain CID.
Prison sources said the women had requested to visit a 21-year-old man charged with conspiracy to murder.
The 17-year-old suspect is married to the 21-year-old inmate, prison sources said and are all members of the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen Carapo mosque.
Investigations are ongoing.