Smugglers were thwarted flying drugs into a prison with an Amazon-style delivery drone

Amazon are about to start trialing drone deliveries.

But some crafty smugglers have already been road-testing the idea - with drugs, weapons and a mobile phone. Police say attempts were made to fly a drone carrying the illegal goods into Bedford jail. But the 'pioneering flight' failed when the remote-controlled vehicle became caught in netting outside the prison. Jailers found a parcel containing drugs, the phone, a knife blade and screwdrivers. Maybe leave the drone deliveries to Amazon in future.