Drones Are Delivering Contraband To Prisons | Fast Company | Business + Innovation: "SMUGGLERS ARE AIRLIFTING DRUGS INTO PRISON YARDS USING DRONES.
ONE SUCH INCIDENT CAUSED A FIGHT TO BREAK OUT IN AN OHIO PRISON LAST WEEK.
A drone transported nearly half a pound of drugs into an Ohio prison on July 29, sparking a fight among inmates.
Unknown parties coordinated the drop and flew the drone into a prison yard at the Mansfield Correctional Institute.
JoEllen Smith, a spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, told the Mansfield News Journal that the drone dropped a package containing more than 5 ounces of tobacco, over 2 ounces of marijuana, and nearly a quarter of an ounce of heroin.
The contraband seemingly instigated a fight between inmates who were out in the prison yard at the time.
...In 2014, the Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina reported that a drone carrying marijuana, tobacco, and mobile phones crashed just outside its walls; in the past two years, there have been three other drone-smuggling incidents across the U.S., and more abroad."
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