Security Camera Catches Drone Dropping Drugs to Ohio Inmate

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The video shows an inmate at the Cuyahoga County Jail in Euclid Ohio watching the sky as he waits to receive a package dropped from a drone.

Jail authorities told local reporters that the package contained “marijuana and a phone.” Unfortunately the authorities did not detect the drop in real-time, but discovered it days later.

A report assembled by jail officials also noted “suspected drugs, cell phones, and other miscellaneous items … were previously found on the roof.” This implies that there had been previous, unsuccessful drone deliveries to the jail.

This drop comes after another high-profile Ohio drone delivery to Mansfield Correctional Institute in 2015. That drone dropped a package of drugs, which prompted a fight in the prison yard.

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