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A young man and a woman from Eckville, and an inmate inside the Drumheller Institution, have been charged as part of an investigation into drug drone drops at the Alberta prison.
Charges have been laid in connection to an operation that allegedly saw drones used to supply inmates at Alberta's Drumheller Institution with phones and drugs.
An inmate of the penitentiary, John Andrews, was also charged with conspiracy to commit a crime.
In May of 2023, a prison drug trafficking operation was dismantled following a complex investigation led by Drumheller RCMP General Investigative Services (GIS). Several drones and a large amount of
Correctional Service Canada (CSC) says an inmate died on Monday while in custody at a medium-security prison in Drumheller Alta. after an altercation.