SAO PAULO, Brazil

Officials in northeastern Brazil say they confiscated the equivalent of more than $170,000 and two pistols from an imprisoned drug trafficker whose jail was equipped with a plasmaTV set, a refrigerator and gym equipment.

Jose Francisco Leite, head of the state of Bahia's Prison Affairs Department, said the "posh prison life" Genilson Lins da Silva led came to an abrupt end on Monday when police raided his cell as part of a statewide crackdown on drug trafficking.

Leite said Tuesday authorities have ordered an investigation to find out how Silva got the money and guns into his cell.


CBSNews.com


LOL...a plasma TV, fridge and gym equipment, what did the guy have a suite in the jail..

Yeah I saw a tv shoe on discovery or natgeo about a Colombian prison where a drug lord also lived in luxury.

just waow !

And in a prison, too! Yet they wonder why prison isn't working...

Im off to prison.

sounds nicer than most apartments I've lived in

these people don't really give a crap about punishing these criminals. if they did he would have never gotten any of that crap to begin with.

The crackdown is gonna make taking delivery and installation of the hot tub that much more difficult. He'll probably just have his secretary take care of it.