Zoinks! Cops Foil Attempted Drone Drop of Porn And Pot to Maryland Prison

Pretty clever idea: use a drone to deliver porn, K2 (synthetic pot), suboxone, cigarettes and a hand gun to the inmates of Western Correctional Institution in Maryland. Not so clever, attempting to launch the drone from a side road right along side the prison where you are more likely to get caught … and they did.

The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services foiled the plot and offered visuals on twitter:

Clever, yes, but as they point out in The Washington Post, not original:

A recent drone drop at an Ohio prison sparked a brawl over the marijuana, cigarettes and heroin it left behind. In South Carolina, authorities found that such a device carrying marijuana, cellphones and tobacco had crashed into the bushes outside a correctional institution. And four people were arrested in Georgia for a similar effort in 2013.

Authorities overseas are seeing the same problem. Australian officials have even called for no-fly zones over prisons to prevent the high-tech smuggling technique.

The aviators will be trading their flight suits for the orange variety: Thaddeus Shortz, 25, and Keith Brian Russell, 30, are charged with illegal possession of drugs with the intent to distribute and other related charges.

Sorry Jarec Wentworth, you will just have to find another way to get hair products in prison.

(h/t The Washington Post and CNN)

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