The gov­ern­ment of Cana­da has start­ed send­ing mil­i­tary sur­veil­lance drones to sup­port Hait­ian se­cu­ri­ty forces, as part of a new ini­tia­tive to com­bat vi­o­lence and the spread of armed gangs across the French-speak­ing Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty (CARI­COM) mem­ber states.

The drones, whose ex­act num­ber was not dis­closed for se­cu­ri­ty rea­sons, be­gan ar­riv­ing in June and will con­tin­ue to be de­liv­ered in the com­ing weeks.

These are un­armed, high-tech air­craft de­signed for in­tel­li­gence and re­con­nais­sance tasks, with the aim of strength­en­ing the ca­pa­bil­i­ties of the Hait­ian Na­tion­al Po­lice (PNH).