Drones keep dropping drugs and porn into prisons
A new report from USA Today found that drones have been used more than a dozen times to fly contraband into federal prisons over the last five years, as scattered reports suggest the smuggling operations have proven popular.
The paper writes that Justice Department documents showed attempts to smuggle cellphones, drugs, and porn into the federal facilities, although the tally almost certainly undercounts possibly successful attempts, as well as smuggling done in state facilities.
Local news reports from not just the United States but around the world have brought other instances to light over the past few years. In 2014, police in Australia said a drone was employed for a planned...