Drones (448A/20)
Request
1. (a) Between 01 Jan 2017 and 31 Dec 2019, how many reports did the force receive of drones being used to fly drugs/ contraband into prisons?
(b) How many of these reports has so far resulted in an arrest?
2. (a) Between 01 Jan 2017 and 31 Dec 2019, how many reports did the force receive of drones being used to fly drugs/ contraband into immigration removal centres?
(b). How many of the above reports has so far resulted in an arrest?
Response
Please find our response below.
1a) Between 01 Jan 2017 and 31 Dec 2019, how many reports did the force receive of drones being used to fly drugs/ contraband into prisons?
9
(b) How many of these reports has so far resulted in an arrest?
1
2. (a) Between 01 Jan 2017 and 31 Dec 2019, how many reports did the force receive of drones being used to fly drugs/ contraband into immigration removal centres?
No information held; there are no Immigration Removal Centres in our force area
(b). How many of the above reports has so far resulted in an arrest?
No information held; there are no Immigration Removal Centres in our force area
NB Data above was retrieved using the following search: a keyword search for ‘drone’ in the MO notes field of our crime recording system, where the primary location description is ‘prison’. The offences in the results are:
BRING/THROW/CONVEY LIST A PROHIBITED ARTICLE INTO/OUT PRISON
BRING/THROW/CONVEY A LIST B ARTICLE INTO/OUT OF A PRISON
POSSESS DRUG W/I SUPPLY-CLASS B-CANNABIS
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