‘Yes, I smuggled for prisoners. Didn’t get paid though.’

A dock officer is facing jail for sneaking drink, drugs, and mobile phones to prisoners. SERCO employee Umeir Akhtar, 27, was caught handing over the contraband while he worked at Inner London Crown Court last May. He helped the three men smuggle in five mobile phones, spirit miniatures and the synthetic drug Spice into HMP Thameside. Akhtar appeared at Southwark Crown Court today (thurs) flanked by his former colleagues to admit the offences. He was also found in possession of…