Officials: Recovered drone was bringing drugs, cell phones to Lewis Prison

In a first for Arizona prisons, guards at Lewis Prison in Buckeye recovered a crashed drone that was trying to deliver drugs and cell phones to inmates.

Similar incidents have been happening around the country, and now, it has happened in the Valley. Keeping contraband out of prisons is a top priority for the state’s Department of Corrections, but technology presented a new challenge at Lewis Prison.

Investigators believe a drone tried to make a delivery to the prison yard in late September, but it crashed, and guards found the device, as well as the contraband.

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