The prisons inspector has warned that drones dropping drugs and weapons to dangerous inmates being held in high-security jails are a “threat to national security”.
The Chief inspector of prisons for England and Wales accused the police and Government of giving up control of the airspace above HMP Manchester and HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire.
His report into the two prisons called on them to “urgently confront” activity from criminal gangs behind the supply.