3 ARRESTED AFTER DRONE DROPS CELLPHONE, DRUGS TO PRISON YARDBorder Patrol agents in San Diego allegedly saw the drone in flight on Aug. 8 and tracked it to Rivera about 2,000 yards from the Mexico border. Authorities say agents found Rivera with the methamphetamine in a lunch box and a 2-foot drone hidden in a nearby bush. Related Image Expand / CollapseThe U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said in a recent annual report that drones are not often used to smuggle drugs from Mexico because they can only carry small loads, though it said they may become more common. In 2015, two people pleaded guilty to dropping 28 pounds of heroin from a drone in the border town of Calexico, Calif. That same year Border Patrol agents in San Luis, Ariz., spotted a drone dropping bundles with 30 pounds of marijuana. "The Border Patrol is very aware of the potential and are always listening and looking for drones," Robinson said.

Source: Fox News August 19, 2017 12:33 UTC