Contraband
Drone contraband: News on smuggling incidents at prisons, technology to detect and prevent, law enforcement efforts, and the impact on security.
Autel EVO camera drone used to smuggle contraband into prison
On January 5, 2022, at 7:00 p.m., Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were contacted by residents near Beaver Creek Correctional Institution about an Autel EVO camera drone that was flying in the area and crashed. When officers arrived, they found…
Drone delivers firearm and contraband at Canadian prison
According to the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers, a suspected firearm and other contraband were delivered by drone to the Mission prison in British Columbia, Canada. On Thursday night, an illegal drone delivery triggered a lockdown at the Mission Institution,…
Drug-smuggling drone pilot gets 17 months prison time
A 32-year-old drug-smuggling drone pilot from Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands, has been jailed for seventeen months for attempting to smuggle a package with drugs and a telephone into the penitentiary institution (PI) Leeuwarden using a drone. The smuggling attempt with…
Dutch police block smuggling attempt using a DJI Phantom 4 drone
Last Sunday night, the police arrested two men who were about to smuggle drugs into the Dordrecht penitentiary in the Netherlands using a DJI Phantom 4 drone and a telephone. This is reported by the Dordrecht Police on Facebook. Employees…
Texas man tried to fly contraband into prison using heavy-duty drone
Prosecutors say a Texas man attempted to use a heavy-duty drone to bring contraband to prisoners, including wire cutters and other equipment, as well as money, telephones, cellphone chargers, and large quantities of tobacco. Authorities stated that a Houston man…
Black Autel EVO II drone used to fly drugs into Canadian prison
Two young men from Metro Vancouver are facing several charges concerning their alleged participation in using a black Autel EVO II drone to smuggle drugs into a Manitoba jail. The RCMP in Stonewall, Manitoba, were initially alerted to the unusual…
Drone Act of 2022 criminalizes dangerous use of drones
The Drone Act of 2022, a bipartisan bill pushed by four representatives, aims to criminalize the dangerous use of drones. Activities that are already illegal under current laws and regulations. Under the provisions of the Drone Act of 2022, people…
The little drone that could… flew its own weight in drugs
The little drone that could… flew its own weight in drugs across the border with Mexico. A 249g weighing DJI Mini 2 flew 259 g of methamphetamine across the US border wall. On October 7, 2021, according to the affidavit,…
DJI Phantom drone with kilo of meth crashes on roof near Mexico border
Last Sunday border patrol agents found a DJI Phantom drone with a kilo of meth taped to the top of the aircraft on the roof of a business in San Ysidro, a district of San Diego north of the border…
Two Ohio men charged with use drone to drop contraband in prison
A grand jury indicted two Cleveland-area men, who had accused of using a drone to drop contraband, including drugs and cell phones, into the Southwest Ohio prison yard, last summer.
Drone pilot jailed for six months after flying contraband into prison
A drone pilot was jailed for six months after flying contraband, including phones, into a prison in Perth, in the United Kingdom. Police found the drone after searching a bakery site near the prison facility.
Drone used to smuggle drugs across Mexico border
Two US citizens were arrested by Yuma Sector agents on Thursday, November 5 after they picked up multiple packages of drugs that were dropped by a drone after smuggling the contraband across the Mexico border.