The trend of drones dropping illicit packages to federal prisoners has continued to grow in Canada.
In 2018, Matsqui Institution in Abbotsford, B.C. made headlines after guards intercepted a drone carrying a package containing $26,000 in tobacco and drugs.
That was followed by a similar incident in March where two men were arrested for flying a drone carrying cell phones over Riviere-des-Prairies detention centre in Montreal.
The Correctional Service of Canada is now seeking contractors to supply, install and test intrusion-detection systems at six federal prisons.
Initial research has indicated that radar-based detection system represents the “most mature technology” for intercepting drones.
The systems will be evaluated in a pilot project over the next four years at six prisons: Mission in B.C., Stony Mountain in Manitoba, Cowansville and Donnacona in Quebec, Collins Bay in Ontario, and Dorchester in New Brunswick.
With files from the Canadian Press.
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