Drones Used To Smuggle Drugs Into Prison

Daniel_Stuckey writes "Over the weekend, a 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of using a small quadcopter drone to smuggle an unknown quantity of illegal drugs into a prison in Melbourne, Australia. While it's certainly not the first time small-fry UAV technology has been used by a mid-level mule to airmail drugs into the clink, it does suggest a growing trend in the highest-tech of prison highs. Here, then, is a brief history of drone-assisted prison drug smuggling In November 2013, guards at Hull jail in Gatineau, Canada, spotted a small drone flying over the prison's walls [beware the autoplaying videos]. An exhaustive search of both Hull's grounds and the immediate vicinity turned up nothing by way of whatever contraband the drone might have been toting around.

Nevertheless, it didn't appear to be one-off incident 'This sort of thing happens often in prisons all across Quebec,' Stephane Lemaire, president of Quebec's correctional officers' union, told the Ottawa Sun. 'Usually the drones are carrying small packages of drugs or other illicit substances.' The problem, Lemaire added, is that 'the drone can be controlled from more than a kilometer away, and the [Hull] prison is surrounded by forest.'"

ordered a package?

[invictusvoyd]

Maybe someone in the jailhouse ordererd a package from amazon ?

Re:A solution

[kevingolding2001]

Which would be a bad thing because .... Sorry I'm missing the next part of this.

Re:What?

[Joce640k]

Prisoners already have drugs.

What he's talking about is stopping spending billions of dollars on a 'battle' that makes about 1% difference to the drug supply chain.

For more information see King Canute.

Re:What if they sold drugs to inmates?

[Hypotensive]

Why pay for the drugs with money? You could pay for them with additional jail time ;)