Lags are smuggling KNIVES into jail using drones, prison memo warns
The latest was at Risley prison in Cheshire on October 2 where reportedly a drone was used to fly a lock knife in
PRISON bosses are on high alert after it was reported that deadly knives are being smuggled in using drones.
The latest was at Risley prison in Cheshire on October 2 where alledgedly a drone was used to fly a lock knife in.
The 20cm knife was found behind a pipe in a shower area and is believed to have been ordered using a smuggled mobile, then flown in by drone, the .
An internal memo states: "Recent intelligence has been received suggesting that this and other similar types of weapons may be coming into the establishment via drones."
A source said: "The use of a manufactured hunting knife in a jail murder is horrific.
"Intelligence suggests these weapons are being brought in via drones for big money.
"Criminal gangs can make hundreds of pounds for one knife.
"They can cause carnage."
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Glyn Travis, from the Prison Officers Association, said: "The use of drones to smuggle weapons in such a small area is worrying.
"This is not a coincidence and I believe that lock knives, other weapons and contraband are being ordered and smuggled into jail."
He added: "Lock knives in the wrong hands can cause carnage and have massive security implications.
"Because of cuts and staff shortages, preventing all types of smuggling is getting harder. We need more prison officers now."
In August police caught drones flying drugs and mobile phones into Pentonville prison in Islington, north London.
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