By Chris Stonor A Scottish Perth man was jailed for six months this week after being paid to fly several mobile phones into the city’s
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Category: Security and law enforcement
Singapore: Changi Airport experience 20 illegal drone flight intrusions during last three months: “Operators arrested!”
By Chris Stonor There have been 20 illegal drone flight intrusions within 5km of Singapore’s Changi Airport during the last three months alone, reports straitstimes.com,
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Australia: Prisons “inundated by aerial invasion of drug-smuggling drones”
By Chris Stonor Prison authorities are fighting off an aerial invasion by drones being deployed to smuggle drugs and other contraband into Australian Victoria’s jails
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France former “Secret Service Chief” joins drone surveillance company
French unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) company, Azur Drones, announced last week that it has appointed the former French Chief of the Secret Service to help
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Beware burglars! A drone security camera that flies around your home: Watch video
Ring, the home security systems company, latest camera is taking flight… literally. The new Always Home Cam (AHC) is an autonomous drone with an attached
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UK police have new powers to jam drones in bid “to fight terror” and “safeguard critical infrastructure”
Drone-jamming powers will be given soon to UK police in a bid to prevent terror, safeguard critical infrastructure or other criminal attacks including smuggling drugs
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Drone drug drop at New South Wales prison thwarted by jail officials
New South Wales prison officials say they thwarted plans for an aerial drone drop of drugs, with an estimated value of more than AUD 100,000,
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Drones take down UKP500,000 marijuana operation in United Kingdom
The West Midlands police’s Walsall Taskforce has taken down a marijuana operation running out of an unused pub in the Willenhall town centre last week,
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Los Angeles Port Police acquire seven drones to monitor port activities
US news service Press Telegram reports that the Los Angeles Port Police will soon be deploying its drone patrol service in the port to carry
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Avion Unmanned awarded contract to provide services to state and local government agencies in all 50 states.
Avion Unmanned, the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) division of Avion Solutions, has been awarded a contract by the Commonwealth of Virginia allowing it to provide
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