re: 12 charged in largest federal prison drone smuggling ring across 8 states

The Marshall Project had a recent article about how this is common as hell.

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Under the cover of darkness, Cory Sutphin piloted his drone directly to an open prison cell window, where a hand grabbed the payload: drugs, cell phones and other contraband.

For months, Sutphin operated a delivery service, like DoorDash, for drugs inside Ohio prisons.He taught himself how to fly drones he’d buy off Facebook Marketplace. Google Maps gave him a bird’s eye view of the properties.He started in the drug smuggling ring as a driver in the spring of 2021, when he pocketed $1,200 for a less than three-hour round-trip to the two state prisons in Chillicothe.

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LINK

Note that many of the federal facilities are in cities.
I wondered if one in SW Virginia was one of them, but in a low population density area around the prison, guys with drones would be noticed (and probably used for target practice._)

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Two Texas women were arrested for allegedly using a drone and hollowed-out plastic bird decoys to smuggle drugs and cellphones into a federal prison.

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Women drivers amirite?