US EditionDrone drops steak and crab legs for prisoner feast but South Carolina guards find it first
Guards at Lee Correctional Institution stopped a drone carrying steak, crab legs, marijuana, and cigarettes amid frequent nightly smuggling attempts, officials said.
- On Sunday morning, the South Carolina Department of Corrections said a drone delivered contraband into the Lee Correctional Institution prison yard in Bishopville.
- Amid increased fencing and netting, smugglers shifted from tossing packages to drones, with South Carolina Department of Corrections reporting nightly drone attempts to deliver contraband.
- Inside the seized package were two large bags of marijuana, a package of loose tobacco and a carton of cigarettes, plus raw steak, crab legs and a tin of Old Bay.
- Prison officials said they are investigating the incident with no arrests, while state law treats drone flights near prisons as misdemeanors and contraband drops as felonies.
- On social media, the South Carolina Department of Corrections posted about the seizure on X using the hashtag #ContrabandChristmas and a playful 'three weeks before Christmas' poem after law enforcement recovered the drone and package following a prison guard's discovery in the yard.
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