A prison truck driver accused of smuggling tobacco and steroids into a Windsor jail says it's "very easy to do".
Police arrested Alex Basopoulos, 37, as he started his shift at Geoffrey Pearce Correctional Centre yesterday morning and allegedly seized contraband from the boot of his car. "It's not hard at all, it's not hard at all - people get caught every day, officers get caught every day," Mr Basopoulos told 9News outside his South Windsor house in Sydney's north-west.Two large knives were among the items seized by police from inside the man's vehicle.
He said he intended to plead guilty to smuggling tobacco and said he'd made a bad decision after his hours were cut due to COVID-19. "For extra money. They cut hours down at work, keep cutting down hours, then you weren't making ends meet," he said.He's accused of taking contraband into the jail and getting cash from inmate's families in return.Prescription drugs and cannabis were also found by police during a search of his vehicle and a raid on a Jordan Springs home.
Who cares. Should not be illegal
There goes his defence
The dude looks like a reliable type :P
Wow he is going to be popular
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