Prison officials in Quebec say they have to beef up air defenses around their facilities after a remotely piloted aircraft dropped a package that likely contained drugs into the Hull Prison near Ottawa, Ontario. "We have to adjust," Stephane Lemaire, president of the union representing prison guards, told the Ottawa Citizen. If they are able to deliver drugs then they can deliver other small objects - small cellphones, weapons. The package was never recovered and neither was the aircraft. Lemaire said the rapidly advancing technology and the dropping prices for the aircraft make the delivery method ever more enticing, especially for drug drops. If you can deliver a couple of thousand dollars worth of drugs, it pays for itself.
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