FBI agents covertly surveilling a criminal gang suspected of holding at least one person hostage had their cover blown when a swarm of drones descended on them. Joe Mazel, the head of the FBI’s operational technology law unit, said the small unmanned units hovered around the agents and made “high-speed low passes” at them. Mazel, a veteran federal agent, recounted the incident this week while speaking to attendees at the AUVSI Xponential tech conference in Denver, according to Defense One. The criminals reportedly managed to foil the FBI’s plans. Mazel did not indicate whether any follow-up attempts were made.

Source: Huffington Post May 04, 2018 19:18 UTC