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Feb 25, 2009 3:34 pm US/Central

Gun Found In Hollowed-Out Book Meant For Prisoners

WESTVILLE, Ind. (Post-Tribune) ― A gun was discovered Tuesday in a shipment of books bound for a northwest Indiana prison facility.

Officers at the Westville Correctional Facility at U.S. 6 and Route 2 confiscated a gun found in a hollowed-out book Tuesday during a routine inspection.

The gun was in a crate of books being brought to inmates by a teacher from Purdue University North Central.

The LaPorte County Prosecutor's office is investigating.

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