Essex Police may use unmanned planes for surveillance Print E-mail

30th November 2009,  By Gareth Palmer, Colchester Gazette

SPY planes are set to take to the skies over Essex within two years to help combat illegal immigration and drug smugglers. Essex Police have teamed up with their colleagues in Kent to customise spy drones, which are used by the Army in Afghanistan to gather intelligence about the Taleban. Unmanned aircraft systems can read a number plate from 20,000ft and criminals will not know they are under surveillance.

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