Australia: Drone 'used to carry drugs near prison' (BBC)
A man has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into a prison using a drone, Australian police say.
The drone was "hovering in the vicinity of a prison" in Melbourne on Sunday afternoon, police said in a statement.
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Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), have been used in prison smuggling attempts in the past.
In November four people were arrested after a remote-controlled helicopter was allegedly used to fly tobacco into Calhoun state prison, Georgia, in the US.
Also in November, a drone was spotted flying over a prison in Quebec in Canada.
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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26511740
More unintended consequences from the runaway cancerous growth of the MIC. I'm surprised it took soo long. I'm sure the peeping Toms are way ahead of the smugglers, though.
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