A husband and wife duo, Sajad Hashimi and Zerka Maranay, both hailing from Compayne Gardens in Camden, London, have been sentenced to prison for orchestrating a sophisticated operation involving drone deliveries of drugs into prisons across the UK. Their criminal enterprise, which spanned from August 2022 to October 2023, saw more than 100 drone incursions, with the majority of their activities centred around HMP Onley near Daventry, Northamptonshire.
Northamptonshire Police, upon noticing a surge in drone activity around prisons in January 2023, launched an investigation that culminated in the arrest of Hashimi, aged 27, and Maranay, aged 28, in October of the same year. During their probe, authorities discovered that Hashimi operated the drones, skillfully manoeuvring them to deliver drugs to designated drop points using fishing lines and hooks.
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