Texas Prison Drone Smuggling Ring Busted

0:00It's April 2nd. This is Dallas News Today, powered by AI. Seven folks got pinched by Texas prison officials for running a massive drone smuggling up into the Mark W. Michael unit, down in Tennessee Colony. They were dropping in over 100 cell phones, plus heaps of meth, synthetic weed, and other hard drugs during a big sting back in January 20, 26. Intel on those drone drops sparked a full-on raid by the Department of Criminal Justice and Inspectors. The takedown snagged huge packages mid-air, shutting down the whole pipeline before more contraband hit the yard. This kind of inside job hits hard, with cell phones letting inmates run schemes and drugs-fueling violence behind bars. Two of those busted were former guards, one from Dallas and another from Dekau, showing how corruption can run deep in the system. Cops hit one guards apartment and found 30 pounds of loose tobacco, four fresh cell phones, receipts for dozens more, Bluetooth earbuds, plus, inmate style bags and white clothes.

1:03Five of the players from spots like Houston and Plano got rounded up too, all slapped with organized crime charges and sitting in county lockups. Texas prison bosses bowed to stay aggressive, cutting off these threats the key facilities safe and clean out the poison flowing in.