Cessnock and St Heliers correctional centres targeted in Operation Purge

Nick Bielby
Updated August 24 2017 - 9:50am, first published 6:00am
SAFETY: Corrective Services NSW Security Operations Group (Northern) with the dog unit outside Cessnock jail. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
SAFETY: Corrective Services NSW Security Operations Group (Northern) with the dog unit outside Cessnock jail. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

Prison officers will crack-down on mobile phones, drugs and weapons being smuggled into Hunter jails as part of a statewide operation to stamp-out contraband.

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Nick Bielby

Nick Bielby

Journalist

Nick Bielby is a crime reporter who has been with the Newcastle Herald since 2017.

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