Drone with contraband seized at Marcy Correctional Facility
“Drone-delivered contraband is a dangerous and rapidly evolving threat inside our correctional facilities,” PEF President Wayne Spence was quoted as saying in various news reports about a drone that was seized after dropping two eight-inch knives and other contraband behind the walls of Marcy Correctional Facility in Utica on March 14. “When drugs, weapons, or toxic substances make their way behind the walls, it puts everyone at risk — including the civilian workforce that keeps these facilities operating every day.”
The drone was recovered by facility staff and no harm was done – this time.
(Read more at LocalSyr.com, CBS 6 WRGB-Albany, CNY Homepage)