Three men from Greater Manchester have been arrested after police seized a drone near a Cheshire prison. Police recovered the device after searching a car earlier today.
It is suspected the police stopped an attempt to drop contraband into Risley Prison. In a statement Cheshire Constabulary said: "Detectives have arrested three men and seized a drone following a stop-check near a prison in Cheshire.
"At around 1.15am today, Tuesday 25 April, officers on patrol near HMP Riley spotted dark grey BMW 320D Sports car parked in layby on Warrington Road. Officers stopped and spoke to the occupants and while checking the car they located a drone and a small bag of white tablets.
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"Following the discovery, the three occupants of the car were arrested on suspicion of conveying an article into a prison. The three men, age 32, 35 and 56, are all from the Greater Manchester area. They are all being held in police custody and a number of searches are ongoing at addresses in Greater Manchester."
Detective Sergeant Alex Reeves, of Warrington CID, said: “We proactively patrol our prisons on a regular bases and these arrests demonstrate our robust approach to tackling those intent on causing further criminality within our prison systems. I hope that these arrests act as a warning to others who are looking to commit similar offences in Cheshire.”
HMP Risley is a category C prison for adult males. The prison holds vulnerable prisoners, mainly sex offenders, who are not mixed but kept separate from other prisoners.
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