Two men jailed for smuggling cannabis into HMP Ranby by drone
Jordan Lee, 30, and Keanu Barnett, 24, were jailed at Warwick Crown Court for a conspiracy to fly cannabis and other items into HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire by drone in 2020. They pleaded guilty and received 18 and 14 months; a drone and packages of cannabis were found at Barnett's Coventry home.
🇬🇧 Warwick Crown Court, Warwick, Warwickshire · United Kingdom
Charged
2
Prison
18 months; 14 months
Jordan Lee, 30, and Keanu Barnett, 24, were jailed at Warwick Crown Court on 4
December 2024 for a conspiracy to smuggle cannabis and other items into HMP
Ranby in Nottinghamshire in 2020.[1]Lee, of Parkwood Street in Northampton,
and Barnett, of Crediton Close in Coventry, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to
bring a prohibited article into prison.[1]Lee was jailed for 18 months and
Barnett for 14 months.[1]
Detectives traced the pair to Barnett’s address in Coventry after a drone was
used near the prison, and found the device and packages containing cannabis.[1]Mobile phones and sim cards seized at the property showed Lee would meet
Barnett at his Coventry home before the two drove to Ranby and flew the drone
towards the prison.[1]Inquiries at the prison found a secret mobile phone
used by a prisoner, which held details of bank transactions to both men.[1]
West Midlands Police released photographs of the two men and of a drone with
foil-wrapped packages and cannabis recovered at the Coventry house.[1]
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Sentenced 1Cannabis 8.2236 kgPrison 9 months suspended for 12 months
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