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Jail guard accused peddling pot to captive prison market

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Face of Nation : A Toronto South Detention Centre jail guard is now in custody facing allegations he and two alleged inmate gang members sold pot to fellow prisoners.

Daniel Chaiet, 32, is co-accused with alleged Heart of  Kings gang member Siaka “Montana” Camara, 30, and alleged Queen Drive Crip member Deshaun Cameron Yarde, 22, of distributing and possessing illicit cannabis and two counts of possessing for the purposes of distributing the drug.

The allegations stem from May 29 to June 11.

Chaiet is accused alone of possession for the purposes of trafficking a steroid, anadarol, and a breach of trust allegation for “facilitating access to contraband as a corrections officer inside a detention centre.”

He was arrested Tuesday and remanded in custody until July 9.

Camara has been in custody since Jan. 3, 2016, when he was arrested allegedly in possession of a gun and ammunition while partying in a GTA night club.

His arrest occurred five months before a massive Gun and Gang operation dismantled the Heart of King criminal organization, charging more than 50 people, mostly in Toronto and some in Montreal, in June 2016.

The gang was involved in human trafficking, drugs and guns.

Camara and Yarde will be back in court on Monday June 17.

“This could be the answer to the question as to how Heart of Kings gangleader Jamahl Richardson received his surf and turf dinner,” a source told the Sun.

Richardson, a self-described pimp and admitted gang leader of the Heart of Kings, was sentenced earlier this year to nine years in prison six weeks after a Toronto jury acquitted him of a 2016 double murder in Chinatown.

During his trial, a photo of Richardson eating steak and lobster while in custody was entered into evidence.

Richardson, a 34-year-old Halifax native, pleaded guilty in February to four offences, including being the leader of a criminal organization involved in human and firearm trafficking and other criminal activity.

Richardson referred to himself as a “pimp” while an associate called him “boss hogg.”

Richardson’s lawyer, James Lockyer, who also represented him at the murder trial, said his client has demonstrated his remorse by pleading guilty and has spent considerable time reflecting on his criminal history.