Drone Gang Smuggles Drugs, Weapons to UK Prisons

0:00From the Daily News Now Network, this is Corey with Lester News Today, a gang of seven men ran a drone delivery service straight to UK prisons, dropping off drugs, weapons, and mobile phones like an Uber Eats run. They targeted places like HMP Lester and hit London Jails for 75% of all such drops between December 2024, February 2025. The packages carried cannabis, Xanax, volume, phones with charges and SIM cards, plus flick knives. The group flew mostly at night and switched drivers often, thinking they could dodge cops across at least nine prisons. Prison staff struggled to stop them due to shortages, with guards spotting drones at cell windows, but too slow to search before inmates hid the goods. Behind pipes. A judge called it a slick, well-run plot that fueled violence inside. Police have been tracking them since December 2024, logging 70 prison visits over 86 days in about 140. Flights total.

1:01They used surveillance, phone records, and drone data, even chasing leads to the Netherlands in China. Officers nabbed four suspects near HMP Norwich on February 26, 2025, after a tip about a knife drop, finding gear in there. Car. Cell 7 pleaded guilty and got a combined 22 years at Harrow Crown Court on March 3rd, with the leader jailed five years and three months. D&N is brought to you by our sponsor. Sully Pillow is a pillow with built-in headphones, lay back, press play, and disappear into what you are listening to. S-O-L-I. SullyPillow.com