Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleDrones are being regularly used to smuggle a wide range of contraband, including weapons, drugs, mobile phones, and even weight loss jabs and tooth whitening strips, into UK prisons. Fiona Cruickshanks, Governor of HMP Edinburgh, highlighted the discovery of Mounjaro weight loss jabs and tooth whitening strips, suggesting these are specifically requested by inmates. A record 1,712 drone deliveries were spotted by prison staff in the year to March, representing a 43 per cent increase from the previous year. The Prison Governors Association has described drone drops as a "significant and growing problem," with concerns that more dangerous items like guns could be delivered next. Four individuals, including a police officer and her husband, are awaiting sentencing for their involvement in a drone plot that smuggled tens of thousands of pounds worth of drugs into Midlands prisons between 2021 and 2022. In fullInmates are having Mounjaro delivered to their cells using drones, says prison governorThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Drones used to smuggle weight loss jabs and teeth-whitening strips into prisons
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleDrones are being regularly used to smuggle a wide range of contraband, including weapons, drugs, mobile phones, and even weight loss jabs and tooth whitening strips, into UK prisons. Fiona Cruickshanks, Governor of HMP Edinburgh, highlighted the discovery of Mounjaro weight loss jabs and tooth whitening strips, suggesting these are specifically requested by inmates. A record 1,712 drone deliveries were spotted by prison staff in the year to March, representing a 43 per cent increase from the previous year. The Prison Governors Association has described drone drops as a "significant and growing problem," with concerns that more dangerous items like guns could be delivered next. Four individuals, including a police officer and her husband, are awaiting sentencing for their involvement in a drone plot that smuggled tens of thousands of pounds worth of drugs into Midlands prisons between 2021 and 2022. In fullInmates are having Mounjaro delivered to their cells using drones, says prison governorThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
