Drone intercepted near Maryland prison, officials say

[alp227]

Source: Baltimore Sun

Two men have been arrested in what authorities say is the first known plot in Maryland involving a new type of crime: Using a drone to smuggle drugs, tobacco and pornography into a prison.

Two law enforcement officers found the four-rotor mini-helicopter on the rear passenger seat of a Ford pickup truck parked outside the state prison complex near Cumberland on Saturday evening, they wrote in court documents.

They said they also found a handgun and six plastic-wrapped packages that contained contraband items, including packets of synthetic marijuana, rolling papers, buprenorphine and pornographic DVDs.

"You can't make this stuff up," Corrections Secretary Stephen T. Moyer told reporters Monday outside the Patuxent Institution in Jessup.

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-prison-drone-20150824-story.html

[jberryhill]

1. Sounds like they might have just been out for a fun weekend

[TexasProgresive]

2. They got the idea from an episode of Scorpion.

[csziggy]

9. Thanks - I was trying to remember where I saw a drone used

For a prison escape! I remember that episode - love the show.

[C Moon]

3. I've seen this happen at a couple of other prisons as well. Makes you wonder how long it's gone on..

undetected.

[rocktivity]

5. It also make you wonder if the prison guards are in on it.

rocktivity

[C Moon]

6. True

[PersonNumber503602]

4. Drone. Drone. Drone.

RC helicopters are now the D-word.

[BlueJazz]

7. Damn...I didn't know Amazon had started the Drone Delivery thing yet??

[2naSalit]

8. !!!