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Sep 2024
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Episode 700: How drones are being used t...

Sunday World
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High-end drones have become the vehicle of choice for smugglers bringing drugs into Ireland's prisons.

 

Tech-savvy dealers are using drones to burn holes in the prison nets before attempting to deliver drugs directly to inmate's windows.

 

Niall Donald speaks to Eamon Dillon about how technology has changed the contraband trade behind bars.


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