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Cheap and They Don't Snitch: Drones Are the New Drug Mules (www.vice.com)
submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Cheap and They Don't Snitch: Drones Are the New Drug Mules::Drones are on the rise in the drug world with smugglers using them to shift product across borders, into prisons - and soon to a street near you.

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[โ€“] Zehzin@lemmy.world 69 points 10 months ago

Another job soon being replaced by automation ๐Ÿ˜”

[โ€“] LilDumpy@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Which street??

[โ€“] Assman@sh.itjust.works 28 points 10 months ago

If you see a drone flying around with tennis shoes tied to it..

[โ€“] rickdg@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (3 children)

They kind of loud, though

[โ€“] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

DRUGS OVER HERE

[โ€“] warbond@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

PILLS HERE

[โ€“] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

They're not that loud though. Unless they're really close you'd probably just ignore them unless you knew to be looking for it. Especially if you're flying deliberately and not just randomly taking turns or stopping.

They make tools for drones that let you remotely control extra addons attached to them. In particular something that can remotely drop a payload could let you fly by essentially unnoticed easily.

[โ€“] Willy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

tell that to all the people I see getting grenades dropped on around here. they don't seem to hear them.

[โ€“] Sentient_Modem@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago

Rwanda already perfected the delivery of drugs.

https://www.wired.com/story/drones-have-transformed-blood-delivery-in-rwanda/

[โ€“] foofiepie@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nice. Signal jammer gets free drugs.

[โ€“] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sky Crimes!

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[โ€“] sugarfree@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They need to think bigger, drugs are just the beginning.

[โ€“] slumberlust@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, comon Dominos! Where is my drone delivery pizza???

[โ€“] yuki2501@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I got a solution guys.

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