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Smuggling Contraband Into Prisons Turns Drones Into Mules

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Some tech-embracing smugglers have turned to drones to deliver contraband to associates behind prison walls.

According to a report by The New York Times, just such a scenario played out at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina. According to the Times' report, guards manning the security cameras at the prison noticed blinking lights near the facility's perimeter fence in the thick of the night.

A guard was dispatched to the scene, only to discover a man on the other side of the fence fleeing into the nearby woods. The next morning, authorities discovered "a cellphone, tobacco and ***," along with a small drone caught in near-by power lines.

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