A drone was used to deliver a Chinese takeaway to a Dublin prison, according to a story in The Irish Mirror.

Fast food containers thrown into a yard bin at Dublin’s Wheatfield Prison left wardens scratching their heads.

They eventually concluded that a drone had manoeuvred through the nets covering the exercise yard at Wheatfield in west Dublin.

Prisoners have also formed human pyramids to collect other contraband, such as drugs, dropped from delivery drones.

A jail source told The Irish Mirror“There’s no other conceivable way a Chinese takeaway could get into the prison other than by a drone.”

The unmanned aerial vehicles are making regular drops as authorities battle to curtail the practice.

Dealers

A jail source told The Irish Mirrorthat said inmates send a message to dealers on the outside with an order of what drugs they want and the shipment is then delivered to them.

The source added: “It would appear drones are being used a lot more than they ever were, it’s a regular occurrence now.”

Price

Drones are becoming increasingly popular and are coming down in price.

A spokesman for the Irish Prison Service said all measures are in place to stop them from dropping contraband into the yard.