Prison Service Intercepts Drone Carrying Cigarettes At Maximum Security Prison

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September 17, 2026

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Prison Service Intercepts Drone Carrying Cigarettes At Maximum Security Prison

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The Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service has intercepted a drone carrying contraband at the Maximum Security Prison.

The Prison Service says officers, acting on intelligence, conducted an operation around seven Thursday morning, resulting in the discovery of a crashed DJI drone on the prison’s rooftop.

Thirty packs of Lucky Strike cigarettes were found with the drone and confiscated.

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