Prison officer remanded into jail over drug smuggling charges

A prison officer charged with conveying drugs into HMP Birmingham and trying to smuggle psychoactive substances into the jail has appeared in court. Richard Stack, from Kingstanding Road in Kingstanding, was detained at the Winson Green facility at 1.30pm yesterday (June 22) by West Midlands Police detectives working as part of the force’s prison-based investigation team.The 35-year-old stood before Birmingham Magistrates Court this morning charged with possessing cannabis, steroids a