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| Lawmaker seeks to ban drones near Michigan prisons over concerns of contraband, drugs |
| By mlive.com- John Agar |
| Published: 10/28/2015 |
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A state legislator has introduced a bill to ban drones from flying near Michigan state-funded and private prisons. There's good reason: A drone, with a package of contraband held by fishing line, crash-landed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on Monday, Oct. 26. Its payload included hacksaw blades, marijuana and heroin. State Sen. Darwin Booher, R-Evart, introduced legislation last month to prohibit drones from flying within 1,000 feet of any correctional facility in Michigan. A violation would be a four-year felony with up to $2,000 in fines. Booher was not immediately available for comment. In a recent hearing, he said, "Some of those headlines look like; 'drones smuggle contraband over prison walls in South Carolina' (and) 'drones drop drugs in Ohio prison yards sparking a fight,'" according to Michigan Radio Network. Read More. |
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