Two men in the United States were arrested by police using drones to smuggle drugs and other contraband to prisoners

According to a report by CNN on March 15, a man and companions in New Jersey, USA, used drones to smuggle drugs and other prohibited items to prisoners in federal prisons. Captured at the scene nearby; on March 13, the man was prosecuted by the prosecutor and will face prison and huge compensation. At present, his companion has not yet been brought to court, and the case is still being heard.

Nicolo Denichilo, 38, and Adrian Goolcharran, 35, are from New Jersey, USA. According to evidence obtained by the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Justice, since July 2018, the two have used at least seven drones to smuggle prohibited items to prisoners in the FCI federal prison in Dicksburg, New Jersey. In April 2019, the local police interrogated Nicola and Adrian ’s cars for the first time less than 5 miles from the prison, but they could not be arrested because there was no definitive evidence at the time.

On March 7, 2020, surveillance cameras captured the whereabouts of the two people. They carried a drone into a small wood outside Dixburg prison to operate. The police also have evidence of Adrian carrying multiple drones in a local store for repairs.

On March 12, based on the available evidence, law enforcement officers were ambushed in a small wood near the prison where the two often infested, waiting for the timing of the arrest. During the arrest, the two tried to escape, and the police eventually found Nikolai in a ditch, but did not chase Adrian. The police seized a silver SUV outside the prison, and there was also a drone in the car. In the cell of a prisoner in the prison, the police searched for 34 mobile phones, 9 chargers, 51 SIM cards and other electronic devices.

According to information on the website, this Dixburg FCI prison is a "lower security federal correctional institution", which holds more than 3,000 prisoners. At present, Nikolai has been released on bail of US $ 100,000 (about 700,000 yuan), and Adrian, the fish that has been caught in the net, has not yet been reported.

As long as there is a prison, someone will find new and creative ways to smuggle contraband. The transition from Hollywood ’s most popular smuggling archives to baked goods prisons, incorporating drugs into artworks, and combating smuggling is nothing new for prisons around the world.

However, the attack and penetration of air raids is a new threat. Most prisons have well-designed security facilities-including razor wires, guards, security cameras, etc., but all spaces on the fence are easily penetrated by drones, and it is more difficult to find out who is manipulating them.

Even worse, even if drones cause security problems in federal prisons, the U.S. Prison Administration has no way to deal with drones. Although there are a large number of gun guards in the prison.

For drone flying over the prison, there is now a corresponding anti-drone system.

For low-altitude, slow-speed small targets, our company has developed a UAV early warning and defense system with independent intellectual property rights. The system is mainly composed of active detection radar, photoelectric tracking system, back-end control center, radio jamming system and lightning protection grounding system. Partial composition, complete the deployment of the entire low-altitude area.

Detection radar schematic

Photoelectric tracking layout

Through this defense system, prison officials will receive early warning about the drone and the direction from which it can also track and locate the drone pilot.

In addition, hand-held UAV jamming guns can also be used to drive off illegal drones, which can be driven away and forced to land.