Prison guard in court accused of drug dealing

A Rimutaka prison guard, accused of dealing cannabis to inmates, has been remanded to appear in court in two weeks.

Jeffrey Mark Reid, 43, was arrested on June 4 and charged along with three prisoners and two women following a month-long cannabis investigation by the Corrections Department.

Reid, a unit manager in a high-security section of the Upper Hutt prison, was excused from appearing at Wellington District Court today, and remanded without plea on bail to reappear on June 29.

He faces charges of selling cannabis, conspiring to sell cannabis and cultivating cannabis.

- NZPA