article_snippet.sent: The amount of drugs being thrown over the fence into one prison is so high that warders have been forced to deploy a cherry picker to remove warders.
article_snippet.sent: Packages containing heroin and cannabis were cleared from the roof of HMP Altcourse in Liverpool - hurled there from the outside by friends of inmates who missed their intended targets.
article_snippet.sent: The hydraulic crane also recovered so-called 'legal highs' as well as 22 phones, three Sim cards and six chargers from the 60ft roof, contained in a total of 14 bubble-wrapped packages.
article_snippet.sent: Dave Thompson, director of the Category B prison, said: 'These items were thrown over the prison walls by criminals on the outside and it required a cherry picker and staff to retrieve These items from inaccessible rooftops.'
article_snippet.sent: controversial firm G4S insists that Altcourse runs an effective anti-smuggling operation, and that the cherry picker is part of a 'high-visibility' approach to show inmates inmates will 'root out packages from anywhere'. '
highlights_snippet.sent: A cherry picker was called in to clear drugs from roof of HMP Altcourse .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Packages containing heroin and cannabis were hurled there from outside .
  