Drone allegedly used in attempt to smuggle drugs into Melbourne prison - ABC Online

Updated March 10, 2014 11:55:12

A man has been charged after a drone was found hovering over a Melbourne prison.

Police say the four-engine drone was seen over the Metropolitan Remand Centre at Ravenhall in Melbourne's west on Sunday about 4:30pm (AEDT).

Officers say the drone was allegedly used in an attempt to smuggle drugs into the remand centre.

A 28-year-old Lalor man has been charged with an attempt to commit an indictable offence and possessing a drug of dependence.

The man was bailed and will appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court next week.

Topics: drug-offences, police, crime, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, lalor-3075

First posted March 10, 2014 11:27:27