The public prosecutor of Coutances confirmed this Thursday the deposit of two parcels by drone in the middle of the night between October 22 and 23. After the prison staff intervened, they did not reach their addressees. An investigation is underway for “attempted irregular delivery of objects to detainees” and “overflight by drone of an unauthorized area”. This involves in particular identifying the pilot or pilots of the machine.
In a press release, the Force Ouvrière union indicates that “around 3 a.m., a picket agent heard an abnormal noise in the main courtyard” of the establishment. He approaches the window and notices that a drone is heading towards the courtyard. The officer then warns a supervisor and the on-call officer. During this time, the craft managed to drop its package.
Telephones, cigarettes and hacksaw blades
It is with professionalism and not without difficulty that the patrol agent managed to get the package using a simple broomstick. It is a fact that our means of combating insecurity are lacking, a simple broomstick has just proved its worth. When will a broomstick be provided for night service? – press release FO Justice MA of Coutances
The union adds that prisoners have “watered our colleague with indeterminate liquid in order to stop him in his mission”. Inside the package, the agents were able to discover “cell phones, e-cigarettes and hacksaw blades”.
An incident that happened the same weekend at the penitentiary center of Fresnes, in the Val de Marne. The FO Justice MA union in Coutances is waiting “For two years already, the installation of anti-projection nets__, an accurate 5G GSM detector as a replacement for the current old model”.