A visitor to Spring Hill Corrections Facility has been sprung for having a box of "tinnies" in his pants.

The visitor was on-site on Wednesday, to pick up a prisoner who was being released , when staff noticed a bulge in the man's waistband.

A search found he had almost 24 grams of cannabis in a plastic container in the pocket of his trousers.

Police were called, the man was arrested, and the drugs confiscated.