Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 29 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release:
A 22-year-old Reid man has been charged following an attempt to use a drone to drop contraband into the Alexander Maconochie Centre prison yesterday evening.
ACT Policing was contacted by ACT Corrections at about 5.10pm yesterday (Sunday, 28 September 2025) after a man was spotted allegedly flying a drone near the perimeter fence of the prison in Hume.
Corrections officers followed the man who fled northbound on foot up the nature strip adjacent to the Monaro Highway. Police arrested the man after a short foot pursuit.
A subsequent search of the man's backpack located a drone controller, spare drone blades, duct tape and other items.
Corrections officers locat...