Drone Caught Delivering Heroin and Marijuana to Ohio Prison Yard

A drone dropped a package containing heroin, marijuana and tobacco in an Ohio prison yard last week, authorities said on Tuesday.

According to a report from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, inmates at the Mansfield Correctional Institution near Cleveland began fighting over the contraband not long after camera footage showed a drone passing over the recreation yard, the Mansfield News Journal reported.

Correctional officers used pepper spray to break up the brawl, and strip-searched all inmates who had been present on the yard during the apparent drone delivery, according to the report. Nine men whom officials said were fighting over the drugs were placed in solitary confinement. There were no injuries to any staff or inmates.

Officials said further investigation revealed the package had been intended for an inmate, though authorities could not confirm whether the incident was gang-related.

Drone Country: See America From Above

House boats appear next to the shoreline of Bidwell Canyon on Lake Oroville in Northern California on November 25, 2014. Lake Oroville is California's second largest reservoir, and is currently 70% empty as a result of the state's severe drought.

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Campers appear in an RV park in Fernley, Nevada on November 25, 2014. The nearby Amazon Fulfillment Center recruits people living out of RVs to work on the floor of their warehouse during peak holiday shipping season. Many of the campers are senior citizens whose homes or savings were wiped out by the 2008 economic crisis.

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A parking lot for an Amazon fulfillment center appears in New Jersey on November 11, 2014.

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A residential apartment complex appears in Poughkeepsie, New York on November 9, 2014.

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Vacation homes appear on the New Jersey Shore on November 11, 2014.

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An empty drive-in movie theater appears in Poughkeepsie, New York on November 9, 2014.

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A farm house and field appear outside Trenton, New Jersey on November 11, 2014.

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Cows gather for water and alfalfa distributed by a rancher in a drought-devastated pasture in Merced County, California on November 26, 2014. As with many areas of the Central Valley of California, these cows would not be able to survive without this kind of supplemental nutrition.

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A run-down neighborhood appears in North Camden, New Jersey on November 23, 2014. In 2012, the FBI ranked Camden as having the most violent crime per capita of any American city with a population of over 50,000. The local police installed millions of dollars of surveillance equipment in residential neighborhoods, including cameras and microphones that detect the exact location of gunshots.

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Horse stalls appear near Fernley, Nevada on November 24, 2014.

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A swamp appears near Brookfield, Connecticut on November 8, 2014.

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Beachfront vacation units appear on Cape Cod, Massachusetts on Nov. 7, 2014.

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The USS New Jersey, a decommissioned battleship, appears on the Delaware river off Camden, New Jersey on November 23, 2014.

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A college campus appears in Poughkeepsie, New York on November 9, 2014.

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Lacrosse players warm up before practice in Clark County, Nevada on January 20, 2014. The nearby Creech Air Force is the main command center for overseas drone strikes.

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Wiggins Park Marina appears in Camden, New Jersey on November 23, 2014.

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