A killer drug 50 times stronger than heroin is being smuggled into jails in see-through patches. Visitors are sticking Fentanyl strips to their arms and secretly passing them to prisoners.
The cons then stick them on their own arm for a mind-bending three-day high. The Daily Star Sunday can reveal the racket is driving a huge surge that has seen the number of deadly drugs finds in prisons quadruple in a year.
In 2018, 408 Class A seizures were made in jails in England and Wales. Last year it rocketed to 1,755. Now there are fears prisons will be hit by a wave of overdoses.
The patches can only be seen when a light is shone on them – making it almost impossible for guards to spot them. A drug dealer in Manchester showed us a box of patches –
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