
Drone Smuggling Into UK Prisons Remains Major Security Challenge as Independent Review Launches
Officials at HMP Wandsworth have warned that organised crime groups continue to use drones to smuggle drugs, mobile phones, and other contraband into UK prisons. Justice Secretary David Lammy and former Home Secretary Amber Rudd visited the facility as Rudd launched a six-month independent review of the prison system. Authorities recorded 131 drone incursion incidents in 2025, though numbers have since declined.
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