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'Deliveroo' for prisons drones gang jailed for flying in drugs, weapons and phones
The gang accounted for 75% of drone smuggling into London prisons, coordinating roughly 140 flights over 86 days to deliver drugs, phones, and weapons for profit.
- On Tuesday, Judge James Lofthouse sentenced the seven defendants at Hendon Magistrates' Court, with Mohseni receiving five years and three months as leader of the conspiracy.
- Financial transfers from relatives underpinned the service, with close relatives of prisoners sending payments and Mohseni receiving �26,785 from 14 individuals linked to serving prisoners.
- Roughly 140 flights carried contraband across about 70 visits over an 86‑day period targeting at least nine prisons including Wormwood Scrubs, Brixton, Pentonville, Wandsworth, Norwich and Leicester.
- Operation Buzzbin uncovered and seized drones, phones and a knife, arresting suspects en route to HMP Norwich on 26 February 2025; the Metropolitan Police said the gang accounted for 75% of London prison drone drops.
- The case prompted calls for coordinated tech and intelligence responses, as the prison service and security services are urged to address rising drone risks, warned Charlie Taylor and a judge.
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The "well-oiled conspiracy", led by Shafaghatullah Mohseni, delivered to inmates to order and at one stage was responsible for 75% of London prison drone drops.
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