Drug dealer flew drone carrying $75K in opioids, porn-filled USB drive into prison yard (nypost.com)
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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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cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2023 04:10 next collapse

ALL the good “stuff”

Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 23 Sep 2023 04:22 next collapse

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 on 23 Sep 2023 04:38 next collapse

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 on 23 Sep 2023 04:42 next collapse

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

Synnr@sopuli.xyz on 23 Sep 2023 05:12 collapse

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 on 23 Sep 2023 05:16 collapse

Naturally

sodiumbromley@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 23 Sep 2023 05:23 next collapse

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 on 23 Sep 2023 13:57 collapse

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 on 23 Sep 2023 16:11 collapse

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

spacedance@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2023 06:09 next collapse

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

Rolder@reddthat.com on 23 Sep 2023 08:05 collapse

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 on 23 Sep 2023 08:12 collapse

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.

lud@lemm.ee on 23 Sep 2023 18:35 collapse
SARGEx117@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2023 15:58 next collapse

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 on 23 Sep 2023 16:04 collapse

Perhaps the problem is the people making senseless regulations then?

SARGEx117@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2023 19:31 collapse

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.

linearchaos@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2023 16:12 collapse

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 on 23 Sep 2023 22:06 collapse

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