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<p>We are taking decisive steps to tackle the use of drones as a supply route for
criminals to bring contraband, including drugs and mobile phones, into prisons. Last
year we launched Operation Trenton, a specialist team of Prison Service and Police
investigators, to work together to intercept drones and track down the criminals behind
them.</p><p>It is not possible to identify from centrally held data which convictions
secured under the Prison Act 1952 relate specifically to drones. However, we believe
that at least 45 people have been convicted of illicit drone activity, with those
sentenced serving a total of more than 140 years in prison. On 26 October, following
the largest investigation of its kind, an organised criminal gang of 15 were collectively
sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison for using drones to drop drugs into a number
of prisons. The ringleader, Lee Anslow, received a sentence of 10 years, the highest
single sentence for drone-related activity to date.</p>
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