© Raferty Baker/CBC A lockdown was ordered at the Mission Institution, a medium-security prison, on Thursday night. The Union of Correctional Officers says a drone was dropped delivering what is suspected to be a firearm. The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is investigating after a drone dropped a suspected firearm at a medium-security prison in Mission, B.C., prompting a lockdown of the facility on Thursday. Officials ordered an "exceptional search" of the federal prison, located about 75 kilometres east of Vancouver. John Randle, regional president of the UCCO, said in an interview that the threat at the Mission Institution was downgraded late Friday.

Source: CBC News November 05, 2022 01:46 UTC