Prison Officer Mohammed Khan is scheduled to appear in court this morning, charged with attempting to smuggle in cigarettes into the Port of Spain Prison.

The officer was arrested on Carnival Tuesday, after allegedly being found in possession of 240 cigarettes.

It is alleged that officer Khan arrived at the Royal Gaol and reported for duty, when a senior officer in charge was alerted  to a suspected breach while undergoing checks in the Scanner Room.

The senior officer escorted the suspect from the Scanner Room and asked him to declare any illegal or prohibited items in his possession. The officer allegedly replied he had nothing illegal in his possession.

A search was conducted in the presence of two other officers which resulted in two brown bags of the contraband being found in the suspect’s pants pockets.