Drone Drops Drugs in Ohio Prison Yard, Spurring Inmate Fight

A drone dropped a package of drugs into a prison yard while inmates were outside, sparking a fight, prison officials said
Drone Drops Drugs in Ohio Prison Yard, Spurring Inmate Fight
An employee of the US drone compagny Matternet shows a drone carrying a mail box of Swiss Post on July 7, 2015 at the airport of Bellechasse, western Switzerland during a press conference. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
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MANSFIELD, Ohio—A drone dropped a package of drugs into a prison yard while inmates were outside, sparking a fight, prison officials said.

The package was dropped July 29 at the Mansfield Correctional Institution, about 65 miles southwest of Cleveland. It contained almost a quarter of an ounce of heroin, over 2 ounces of marijuana and more than 5 ounces of tobacco, JoEllen Smith, a spokeswoman for the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, told the Mansfield News Journal (http://ohne.ws/1IDHjVN ).

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