Plot to kidnap prison guards

Police believe they have uncovered a plot to kidnap guards. Photo / Dean Purcell

Hastings police believe they have uncovered a plot by inmates to kidnap guards at the troubled Hawkes Bay Regional Prison.

Matthew Ngatai Te Moananui and Mose Ofisa Vaipapa, both 17, who had earlier been charged after allegedly throwing boiling water over one guard and assaulting another, now face a charge of conspiring to kidnap the guards, Hawke's Bay Today reported.