Prison inmate attempts to smuggle phone and two chargers, swallows them

A convict reportedly swallowed a mobile phone and two chargers in a crazy attempt to smuggle them into his jail after day release.

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The prisoner had been allowed out to celebrate Brazil’s National Children’s Day, when youngsters across the country receive gifts and families unite to celebrate childhood.

The discovery was made as he returned to jail yesterday morning.

Mirror Uk reports that the unnamed inmate was taken to hospital for an operation to remove them.

The phone and chargers had been wrapped in plastic before he swallowed them.

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Jail governors said he would now lose benefits he had accrued and be punished for his new crime.