
A large drone carrying suspected drugs, cell phones and other items crashed on Chattooga County property in Summerville, adding to concerns about the ongoing problem of contraband being smuggled into Georgia prisons.

A large drone carrying suspected drugs, cell phones and other items crashed on Chattooga County property in Summerville, adding to concerns about the ongoing problem of contraband being smuggled into Georgia prisons.

Students at Chattooga Mountain Education will enter a new phone-free learning environment beginning Monday, August 10, as the school implements the Yondr phone pouch system.

A major contraband investigation has led to the seizure of nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine and multiple cell phones from a Georgia prison inmate’s cell, according to authorities.