BISHOPVILLE, S.C. —

'Twas three weeks before Christmas, and in the prison yard, a drone-dropped package was found by a guard.

The package contained steak, crab legs, marijuana and cigarettes – and to season it all, a tin of Old Bay. Advertisement

The illicit meal was dropped into the Lee Correctional Institution prison yard by a drone, the South Carolina Department of Corrections said on the social platform X with the hashtag #ContrabandChristmas.

A photo from the Bishopville prison showed a raw steak still in the grocery store packing, crab legs and Old Bay with side plastic baggies of marijuana and a couple of cartons of cigarettes. The drone was also seized Sunday morning, authorities said.

Prison officials said they are investigating, and no arrests have been made.

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