The drone had wire cutters and other tools, as well as money, cellphones, cellphone charges, and bulk amounts of tobacco
to drop a bag of forbidden items to inmates at a federal prison in Texas, authorities announced Tuesday.
At a news conference in Beaumont, U.S. Attorney Britt Featherston said there was no evidence that Turner succeeded in delivering contraband with his drone, but there have been cases of such items being dropped from drones into the federal prison complex south of Beaumont. This is the third federal case involving smuggling attempts by drones to be charged in the United States, and the first in Texas, Featherston said.“Around the country, drones use in smuggling into prisons has been on the rise,” Featherston said.
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