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Saskatchewan to test out technology that detects drones smuggling drugs into prisons
3 minute read Yesterday at 3:00 AM CDTREGINA - Saskatchewan is taking aim at reducing the rise in drugs and weapons being dropped by drones into prison yards – sometimes right to an inmate’s cell window.
"It's literally almost like Uber Eats," Jake Suelzle, who represents prison guards on the Prairies, said in an interview.
He said the buzzing skyboxes are delivering methamphetamine, ceramic blades and cellphones, and other contraband.
Some have been dropped in prison recreation yards or common areas outside. Other times, inmates have received packages outside their cell windows, ordered from prohibited cellphones like a door-to-door delivery service.
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