A serving inmate at the Drumheller Institution was given 90 extra days in custody after trying to ditch a canister of hash before entering the Drumheller Institution.
Darryll Hannaford appeared in provincial court in Drumheller on Friday, April 19. He pleaded guilty to possession for the purposes of trafficking.
The court heard how on February 5, he was being transported from the Calgary Remand Centre to the Drumheller Institution, when sheriffs saw him try to ditch a canister before going through screening. The canister contained 36 grams of cannabis resin.
This has an institutional value of $17,000.
Through council, Hannaford said he agreed to carry the package because he was afraid he would be stabbed.
Hannaford was sentenced to 90 days incarceration; consecutive to any sentence he is currently serving.