Mexican Cartel Drone Carrying Six Pounds of Meth Crashes at US Border Aleksandr Utkin - Sputnik
go to original January 22, 2015

A drone carrying a shipment of methamphetamine crashed into a parking lot near the San Ysidro crossing at the US-Mexico border, Associated Press reports.

Over six pounds of the narcotic substance were loaded into six packets taped to a small six-propeller remote-controlled aircraft. The authorities are currently trying to determine who was controlling the drone and where the flight had originated from, AP adds.

Jorge Morrua, a Tijuana police spokesperson cited by AP, said that drug smugglers had already employed drones in the past, as well as other innovative methods and devices, such as catapults, ultralight aircraft and tunnels.

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Photo: AP/Secretaria de Seguridad Pública Municipal de Tijuana

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