Brazilian RC helicopter cellphone delivery service busted

Published by: Spencer Forman on 27th May 2009 | View all blogs by Spencer Forman
From: http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/brazilian-rc-helicopter-cellphone-delivery-service-busted-first/
What do you do when your cellphone-smuggling carrier pigeons get caught on their way to the big house? Why, you go higher tech, of course. Those texting-crazed Brazlian ultra-max prisoners hatched a new plot to fly a radio controlled helicopter up over the wall of a prison, dropping diaper-swaddled handsets into the awaiting hands of criminal non-masterminds on the inside. Unfortunately for them, police foiled the plan when they pulled over the accomplices on the outside, confiscating the chopper, a suite of phones, and arresting the four who were paid just $5,000 to get the plan airborne. Our suggestion for their next attempt? Jetpacks.

[Photo courtesy of AP]

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  • Marty Tatum
    by Marty Tatum 3 years ago
    Should have gone with one of the new Blade 400 size electric r/c helicopters. I have a couple of these and they fly really well and are much quiter to boot.
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