Drone carrying contraband to Smith State Prison crashes outside Glennville home, causes fire

Drone carrying contraband to Smith State Prison crashes outside Glennville home, causes fire

The Georgia Department of Corrections said the drone was carrying marijuana, tobacco, bugler wrapping paper and a suspected cell phone.

The use of drones for drug trafficking has skyrocketed in recent years. These are devices used by Mexican cartels for the transfer of up to 100 kilograms of energants in border regions or in areas close to detention centres. The International Narcotics Control Board, in its report of 2024, reported that criminal groups use custom-made flying devices that can transport 100 kilograms. Previously, the United States noted that the first remotely pil…

Thanks to the exponential increase in technology and those who misuse it, drug cartels have managed to cross hundreds of kilos of drugs from Mexico to the United States.This novel method consists of the manufacture of drones with the capacity to transport up to 100 kilograms of drugs such as fentanyl or methamphetamine to U.S. territory. Thus, drug cartels have left the importation of drones behind and now tend to manufacture drones locally, ada…

Mexico City, April 1, 2025-Total News Agency-TNA- U.S. authorities have issued an alert about the growing sophistication in the operations of Mexican cartels, which have stopped importing drones and now choose to manufacture custom-directed aircraft, capable of transporting up to 100 kilograms of drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, to U.S. territory.

The U.S. authorities reported that Mexican cartels are using tailor-made short-range drones for drug trafficking to the northern country, reported El Universal on Tuesday. According to a 2024 report prepared by the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP, according to its acronym in [...] The post Mexican cartels use special drones to traffic drugs appeared first on Diario Digital Cronio de El Salvador.

U.S. authorities warn that the CJNG and the De Sinaloa manufacture these remotely operated devices with a capacity of up to 100 kilos, El Universal said.