Police allege a 22-year-old man was trying to use a drone to drop drugs and other items into a Canberra prison.
Tyler Keppie was granted bail to care for his two-week-old son.
The matter will return to court on October 20.
tau - 2mon
Doing it where people can see you rather than far away like you can get with these drones seems a pretty silly idea, but I guess you can't expect too much from those who are prepared to try this.
Choosing a DJI drone for clandestine stuff is also one of the worse choices if anyone has drone tracking technology over there...
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dev_null @lemmy.ml - 2mon
"He's now a father… it's no longer fun and games."
And yet it seems that being a father got him out of some trouble, which is the opposite.
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tau - 2mon
It does seem to me like having a young kid just means you should have thought even more about whether the dodgy stuff was worth it before you did it. I'll be charitable and go with maybe the judge was thinking that it might not have sunk in yet after only two weeks.
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Young father caught allegedly flying drone into Canberra prison to drop drugs
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-29/drone-prison-drop-drugs-bailed-canberra-father-caught/105831610Police allege a 22-year-old man was trying to use a drone to drop drugs and other items into a Canberra prison.
Tyler Keppie was granted bail to care for his two-week-old son.
The matter will return to court on October 20.
Doing it where people can see you rather than far away like you can get with these drones seems a pretty silly idea, but I guess you can't expect too much from those who are prepared to try this.
Choosing a DJI drone for clandestine stuff is also one of the worse choices if anyone has drone tracking technology over there...
And yet it seems that being a father got him out of some trouble, which is the opposite.
It does seem to me like having a young kid just means you should have thought even more about whether the dodgy stuff was worth it before you did it. I'll be charitable and go with maybe the judge was thinking that it might not have sunk in yet after only two weeks.