The Min­istry of De­fence says an in­ves­ti­ga­tion has been launched to de­ter­mine how drone footage was ob­tained of the re­strict­ed area near the ANR Robin­son In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port, where the Unit­ed States-in­stalled mil­i­tary radar is lo­cat­ed.

In a me­dia re­lease De­fence Min­is­ter Wayne Sturge said the de­sire to ob­tain footage of mil­i­tary in­stal­la­tions and equip­ment and to dis­sem­i­nate it to me­dia hous­es is “in­im­i­cal to na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty in­ter­ests” and “ex­pos­es the cit­i­zen­ry to those who would ben­e­fit from the use of such in­for­ma­tion to our detri­ment.”

Sturge said de­spite claims that the drone op­er­at­ed out­side the 5 kilo­me­ter “no fly” zone from the To­ba­go air­port, his min­istry has in­tel­li­gence that says oth­er­wise.