A 26-YEAR-OLD prisoner from Buckfastleigh was caught trying to smuggle thousands of pounds worth of drugs into Exeter jail.

Danny Morgan concealed cocaine and mobile phones in the insole of his trainers and an X ray revealed cannabis inside his body.

Morgan admitted bringing prohibited articles into prison and a slew of other offences when he appeared at Exeter Crown Court.

The court heard Morgan was a new arrival at the jail in December 2022 and was searched by staff who found cocaine with a prison value of £5,600 and cannabis worth £350 behind bars.

Morgan, of Market Close, Buckfastleigh, refused to say who the drugs were for because ‘they know my family’.

He was jailed for three years.