Police thwarted an attempt to pass a cell phone to a prisoner on the police bus last week, Chief Superintendent Leamond Deleveaux confirmed.
Deleveaux said the man was unsuccessful due to the vigilance of police officers through Bank Lane.
The Nassau Guardian understands that the man tossed a brown paper bag that contained the cell phone to his brother who had been boarded on the bus for transport to the prison.
The man was arrested and the phone seized
Since the incident, officers have been keeping the area clear of civilians.
In the mid-90s a teenager threw a gun to her boyfriend as police were escorting him from court to the cell block.
The prisoner, Jackson Clarke, escaped and car-jacked an off-duty policeman on East Street. He was captured a short time later.

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