All jails to get anti-drone tech, dept says after drugs drop-off bid

 

Police said a drone was found on the rooftop of Tapah prison on Friday with a bag containing heroin and methamphetamine. (Facebook pic)

PETALING JAYA: 

The government is working on installing anti-drone technology in all prisons across the country, the prisons department said, a day after police seized a drone believed to have been used to smuggle drugs into Tapah prison yesterday.

Prisons commissioner-general Nordin Muhamad said the department has always been aware of the threat of drones being used to smuggle contraband into prisons.

He added that Tapah prison itself was already fitted with anti-drone systems and interception equipment to curb the threat.

The department is working with the science, technology and innovation ministry in facing this challenge. Anti-drone systems and interception equipment using local technology have been developed and are being expanded to all prisons,

 he said in a statement.

Earlier today, Perak police chief Azizi Mat Aris said a prison sergeant at Tapah prison spotted a drone on the rooftop of a building when patrolling the prison premises at 11.30am yesterday.

A dhobi bag containing 122g of heroin and 12.9g of methamphetamine was found attached to the drone. Azizi said this was the first reported case of people using drones to try to smuggle drugs into a prison. - FMT