Charlie Taylor said lifestyle drugs are being smuggled in by air as the flying gadgets cause huge problems for staff with 'bales of cannabis' also being delivered alongside other illegal substances

Drones are now delivering hair and weight loss drugs into prisons as well as illegal narcotics, the UK's chief inspector of prisons has revealed.

Charlie Taylor said the flying gadgets have caused huge problems as new technology makes them able to carry larger loads and deliver them more accurately. Mr Taylor warned that not only are they bringing illicit drugs , such as "bales of cannabis", ketamine, cocaine and ecstasy, but also various lifestyle drugs.

He said a security chief at one unnamed prison had sent him details of items smuggled in by drones that included minoxidil, a hair-lo

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