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04-17-2017, 08:29 PM
Drones are smuggling so much contraband into prisons that the UK created a 'squad'
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To keep contraband out of prisons, the United Kingdom wants drones out of the sky.
The nation an**unced a new "squad" on Monday that will trace captured drones back to their owners – something like a group of detectives.
SEE ALSO: Use Jedi mind tricks to command this drone (http://mashable.com/2017/03/14/drone-jedi-mind-tricks/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Working with "national law enforcement agencies and HM Prison and Probation Service," the new squad will try to match captured drones (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-squad-formed-to-tackle-drone-threat-to-prisons) with their owners so they can figure out who is trying to smuggle *****, cellphones and other items over prison walls. Smugglers used drones to get contraband over prison walls 33 times (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35641453) in 2015 compared with just two times in 2014 and **ne in 2013, according to the Press Association. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/17/united-kingdom-drones-prisons-smuggling/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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To keep contraband out of prisons, the United Kingdom wants drones out of the sky.
The nation an**unced a new "squad" on Monday that will trace captured drones back to their owners – something like a group of detectives.
SEE ALSO: Use Jedi mind tricks to command this drone (http://mashable.com/2017/03/14/drone-jedi-mind-tricks/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Working with "national law enforcement agencies and HM Prison and Probation Service," the new squad will try to match captured drones (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-squad-formed-to-tackle-drone-threat-to-prisons) with their owners so they can figure out who is trying to smuggle *****, cellphones and other items over prison walls. Smugglers used drones to get contraband over prison walls 33 times (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35641453) in 2015 compared with just two times in 2014 and **ne in 2013, according to the Press Association. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/17/united-kingdom-drones-prisons-smuggling/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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