With over 600 re­port­ed drone sight­ings near prison fa­cil­i­ties be­tween April and last month, Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Roger Alexan­der says ef­forts are un­der­way to pro­cure an­ti-drone tech­nol­o­gy to quell the smug­gling and sur­veil­lance ac­tiv­i­ties by crim­i­nals.

On Fri­day, a joint ex­er­cise be­tween the prison ser­vice, T&T Po­lice Ser­vice and the De­fence Force led to the ar­rest of two peo­ple, among them a 13-year-old boy.

The duo, po­lice said, tried to fly a drone laden with mar­i­jua­na, cig­a­rettes, wrap­ping pa­per and cell­phones in­to the Arou­ca Max­i­mum Se­cu­ri­ty Prison. On Sep­tem­ber 28, three men were caught try­ing to fly sim­i­lar items in­to the same prison.