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Drone carrying drugs and weapons crashes into prison in botched smuggling attempt

UK: Smugglers tried to fly drugs, weapons and a mobile into a prison using a drone.

The plot, thought to be the first of its kind in Britain, failed when the remote-controlled aircraft crashed into netting around Bedford jail. A parcel attached to it contained the drugs, the phone, a knife blade and screwdrivers.

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