Woman smuggles drugs using baby

A woman used a baby as a drug mule in a "sad and desperate" attempt to smuggle cannabis in a balloon into Northland Prison at Ngawha.

The cannabis was detected by a drug dog during a search of the woman's car on Friday, acting prison manager Chris Gisler said. The woman handed over about 20 grams of cannabis in a blue balloon before police arrived. He said it had been concealed on the baby she was holding.