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Drug dealer flew drone carrying $75K in opioids, porn-filled USB drive into prison yard::Cheyenne Petryszyn was sentenced after admitting to her role in a smuggling plot that involved launching a drone to deliver drugs and porn to a Queensland, Australia, prison.

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[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 1 year ago

Nearby, they recovered a sealed bag crammed with 79 strips of the opioid buprenorphine, 0.94 grams of methamphetamine and the USB drive that was found to contain pornography, prosecutors said.

Is $75k the prison value here or something? Seems like an incredibly random value for such a small amount.

[-] iforgotmyinstance@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

Yeah this is the second time I've seen this story and the first time didn't try to include a dollar amount.

Whoever wrote this pulled the number from their ass for clicks.

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago

It’s the NY Post so that checks out honestly.

[-] Synnr@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Well it is Australia, have you seen their drug prices?

I bet they counted the cost of the porn too. Special collectors edition DVD box sets, of course.

[-] snek@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] sodiumbromley@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 year ago

A crown prosecutor told the court the woman’s role in the plot was to obtain the drugs for Knudson to sell inside the prison, where a single strip of buprenorphine can fetch close to $1,000.

As said in the article, yes. Prison prices.

[-] riskable@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

No no... you've got it all wrong. It's $75,000 total value for the drugs plus the porn.

So it's like $10,000 worth of drugs and $65,000 worth of porn. After all, you can cream a lot of porn into a USB drive these days.

For anyone doubting that the porn is worth that much, well... you'll just have to watch it and decide for yourself.

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Damn, I had a lot of s*** to do this week but how can I walk away from this challenge?

[-] spacedance@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

I want to know how the porn works. Does the dealer curate for them or do they make requests?

[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 11 points 1 year ago

My question is how are they playing it? I don’t imagine they get any kind of computer access that isn’t highly monitored

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are android tablets issued to inmates, I doubt that they're really allowed to use them with external media, though, if they even have non-propriatery ports to begin with.

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I'm kind of surprised they didn't just fly in at 400 ft and drop the stuff in a corner of the yard. Use a little tiny drone that doesn't make a lot of noise and just make drops while people are in the yard.

[-] hansl@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

At that point better just have a remote controlled catapult. It’s not like drugs and usb keys are fragile.

[-] SARGEx117@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

This is why my hobbies are being regulated into oblivion.

If you look at this and think "haha yes keep doing it!" go fuck yourself, the idiots who make the rules hear things like that and panic regulate without even looking into things.

[-] Reddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago

Perhaps the problem is the people making senseless regulations then?

[-] SARGEx117@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well considering I specifically blamed "the idiots making the rules", yes.

But people need to stop praising shit like this even as a joke. It's literally fanning the flames.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

ALL the good "stuff"

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