Five Things You Need To Know: Durban correctional officer busted for smuggling drugs

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The Department of Correctional Services said one its officials and a private citizen were arrested and are behind bars after they were caught attempting to smuggle drugs and other illegal goods into the Durban Correctional Centre in Westville on Saturday. 

They were alerted to the officer who was screaming after getting stuck in a storm drain. 

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