KINGSTON – A 28-year-old Kingston man has been charged with promoting prison contraband for hiding items in his rectum.
Ulster County Sheriff’s deputies said on April 2 as Ziare Green was being processed into the facility, corrections officers witnessed Green remove a glass pipe from his rectum.
On the same date at a later time, Green removed an additional item of contraband from his rectum consisting of a plastic bottle containing an unknown liquid.
On May 18, Green was charged with the felony of promoting prison contraband.
He remains in the county jail for an unrelated incident.
Authorities said he may be charged with additional crimes pending the test results of the unknown liquid substance.
