Staff at Collins Bay Institution seized packages containing contraband and unauthorized items between October 30 and November 4, 2026.[1] Collins Bay Institution is a multi-level security federal prison in Kingston, Ontario.[1] The packages held tobacco, marijuana, cannabis concentrate, drug paraphernalia, an edged weapon, a cell phone and accessories.[1]

Correctional Service Canada put the total estimated institutional value of the seizures at $593,253.[1] The agency describes the figure as institutional value, its own estimate of what the items are worth inside the prison.[2] No arrests, charges or separate cannabis weights were announced in either account.[2]

The Correctional Service of Canada says it uses ion scanners and drug-detector dogs to search buildings, personal property, inmates and visitors.[1] The agency says it has heightened measures against contraband entering its institutions and works with police against those who try to introduce it.[1] The agency runs an anonymous toll-free tip line for information on drug use or trafficking that threatens visitors, inmates and staff.[2] Mirage News republished the Correctional Service Canada release about the same seizures.[2]