Moyer said the investigation began several weeks ago, enabling authorities to arrest the men near the Western Correctional Institution, a nearly 1,700-bed institution in the Appalachian Mountains about 120 miles west of Baltimore. He said the radar-like technology would cost $350,000 to $400,000 for each of the department's 27 institutions, a potential total cost of $9.5 to $10.8 million. Moyer said he will ask the General Assembly to fund the installation of drone-detection technology at state prisons. "The use of these drones to bring this type of contraband into a facility is very, very troubling, and we're going to address it." "That's my biggest fear," he told a news conference. Moyer, secretary of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. Larger drones exist that could carry a gun, said Stephen T. That's enough to carry the packages of tobacco, synthetic marijuana, prescription narcotics and pornographic DVDs seized in the arrest, but not enough to hoist the pistol that police said was also found with the men. ![]() The Yuneec Typhoon model seized from the men's vehicle has a cargo capacity of 6 to 8 ounces, police said. ![]() Officials have also reported prison contraband smuggling attempts involving drones in South Carolina and Ohio. The arrests on Saturday near Cumberland highlight a growing problem for prison operators nationwide as they struggle to get ahead of the mini-helicopter technology. Police arrested two men with a drone near a Maryland state prison as the men prepared to fly drugs, tobacco and pornography into the maximum-security institution, state police and prison officials said Monday.
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