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March 15, 2020 06:34 pm

Two Men Used Drones to Smuggle Drugs, Cell Phones Into Prison

"The United States Department of Justice has charged two New Jersey men with using drones to sneak drugs and other contraband into a federal prison..." reports CNN:The two men, Nicolo Denichilo, 38, and Adrian Goolcharran, 35, smuggled items including marijuana, steroids, cell phones, SIM cards, and syringes into the prison in Fort Dix, New Jersey, according to the US Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey. The prison, known as FCI Fort Dix, is a "low security federal correctional institution" that houses more than 3,000 inmates, according to its website... The Fort Dix prison officials also discovered an inmate near the drone drop site in possession of more than 30 cell phones and 50 SIM cards, among other phone equipment, the statement said... [A]uthorities said they obtained evidence of at least seven drone deliveries since July 2018 at the prison.

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