Prison Officer Tried To Smuggle In Drugs Concealed In Juice Cartons

A female prison officer has been jailed for six years for attempting to smuggle drugs into prison inside two orange juice cartons.

Jodie Beer, 30, was caught with large amounts of cocaine, cannabis and painkillers in a car park outside HMP Parc in Bridgend, South Wales.

She had used a burner phone to arrange to pick up the drugs and was paid £5,000 to smuggle them into the jail. 

At Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court on Friday, she was sentenced to concurrent sentences totalling six years in prison after admitting to possessing the class A, class B and class C drugs, with intent to supply and misconduct as a public officer.

Her lawyer claimed she was suffering from mental instability and was 'in the grip of addiction to class A drugs' when she carried out the offences. 




Jodie Beer, 30, had used a burner phone to arrange to pick up the drugs and was paid £5,000 to smuggle them into the jail





She was caught with large amounts of cocaine, cannabis and painkillers in a car park outside HMP Parc (pictured) in Bridgend, South Wales

A court heard Beer had worked in the prison for two years when she was first approached by an inmate - after once telling him she was 'skint' - to make some money by bringing stuff into the prison. 

At first she refused, but she accepted the second offer and was told to go buy some burner phones.

She then received a call from an unknown number and was told to meet at a lay-by near Sainsbury's in Bridgend.

Three small bags of cocaine was thrown into her car by a man 'wearing a hat with pale skin' for Beer to take in - and would have been paid £2,000 for the job.

But instead of smuggling them inside, Beer took the drugs herself instead and told the criminals she had lost them. She did not receive any money in that instance.

In a second drug drop off on Feb 1, 2022, at the same location, Beer was given a Tesco carrier bag which contained two orange cartons filled with drugs, phones, other items, and a cash payment of £5,000.

Merthyr Crown Court heard that Beer put the bag on top of her girlfriend's wardrobe - but the next day went for a steakhouse meal and spent £300 shopping in Tommy Hilfiger store in Swansea.

A court heard that while on a break at work she returned to her vehicle in the carpark where she was stopped by police officers.

After a search the officers seized a zip lock bag containing light brown powder and tubes of white tablets from the centre console of her car.

On the front passenger seat, they found a plastic bag that contained large cartons labelled as orange juice, which Beer initially claimed someone had placed there.




At Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court (stock photo) on Friday, Beer was sentenced to concurrent sentences totalling six years in prison after admitting to possessing the class A, class B and class C drugs, with intent to supply and misconduct as a public officer

In total they found 21.86g of cocaine (18.6g high purity), 156 tablets of subutex, 628g of cannabis, 10 mobile phones, 6 mobile phone keys, 10 usb cables and 9 sim cards.

A search of her address found almost £4,000 in cash - and an application will be made for it to be confiscated.

Prosecutor Matthew Cobbe said that it's 'accepted she was approached by an inmate', 'persuaded to offend by the inmate' and 'that she was being directed on how to offend.'

He told the court that Beer 'willfully' received a quantity of class A drugs, received a sum of money to convey the drugs into the prison and received a package containing illicit items to convey into prison.

He added that Beer had been 'fully trained on guidance on professional boundaries' when she started at the prison in January 2019 and 'never submitted any corruption report.'

Beer previously pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office between November 2021 and February 2022.

The former prison officer, also pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession with intent to supply cannabis, and possession with intent to supply buprenorphine.

Owen Williams, defending, said the offences took place at a time when Beer was suffering with mental instability and she was 'in the grip of addiction to class A drugs' during the offences.

She has since left the prison and was working at the Hinkley Point power station - before losing her job after pleading guilty.

Mr Williams said her partner had recently given birth a few weeks ago and Beer 'is a better person now' and back to being 'law abiding' and living a 'positive lifestyle.'

He added that she is 'a good person' who has made a series of 'terrible mistakes' and was 'remorseful' for her actions.

The Recorder of Cardiff, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke, told Beer that she faced an immediate custodial sentence.

She told Beer 'you were motivated by financial award' and 'abused your role' as a prison officer.

She said: 'I accept that your remorse is genuine.'

Judge Lloyd-Clarke added that Mr Cobbe 'has said everything that could be said to assist you.'

Beer of Llanharry, near Pontyclun, was sentenced to six years imprisonment. She will serve half in custody and half on licence.

Sarah Ingram from the Crown Prosecution Service said: 'What Beer did in arranging to take large amounts of controlled drugs into the prison where she worked was a gross breach of trust.

'The drugs had been prepped to take into the prison and were clearly for onward supply. As a prison officer she was in a position of responsibility and her behaviour fell far below the standards that are expected.

'The CPS continues to work closely with our law enforcement colleagues, in this case the Southern Wales Regional Organised Crime Unit, in the prosecution of offences such as this. We have now begun steps to confiscate the proceeds of this crime.'

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