Maryland officials say investigators have uncovered a plot to use a drone to sneak drugs, pornographic DVDs and a cellphone into a maximum-security state prison in western Maryland.
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They said Keith Russell and Thaddeus Shortz were taken into custody on Saturday after they were found on a property near the WCI and NBCI facilities with a handgun, a drone and contraband.
Baltimore Sun reporter Alison Knezevitch reports that the contraband was a brand of synthetic marijuana called K2 spice and CDs containing pornography.
Police also found a gun inside the men’s vehicle, WRC reported.
DPSCS Secretary Stephen T. Moyer and Col. William Pallozzi, superintendent of the Maryland State Police, are scheduled to attend the news conference.
The two men inside the vehicle were arrested. After the arrests Saturday evening, authorities searched that inmate’s cell and discovered contraband.
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Police are also trying to find out if there had been a successful drop of contraband via drone at the prison.
