The Lithuanian Mob Was Smuggling Cigarettes Into Russia with a Drone
Found on Motherboard on Friday, 16 May 2014
A homemade Lithuanian drone was reportedly being used to smuggle cigarettes into Russia, meaning that organized crime has beaten Amazon to the punch in the quest to deliver desirable products to customers aerially.
he reported scale of this operation is pretty impressive—according to ITAR-TASS, the drone had a wingspan of roughly 12 feet, and could carry 22 pounds of cigarettes, which is a whole lot of pounds of cigarettes.
It was only a matter of time until something like that happened. It's not like criminals can't be early adopters of technology.