Remote-controlled drone with HD camera seized at Cairo Airport

CAIRO: Cairo International Airport authorities seized Monday the first small remote-controlled drone with HD camera with a Pakistani passenger coming from Abu Dhabi, Youm7 reported.

These kinds of planes are banned under a military resolution in 1998 to enter the country as it may endanger national security and use them in several destruction acts, according to Youm7.

This was not the first remote-controlled drone to be seized at the airport, another similar incident occurred last week when Cairo Airport authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle a small helicopter used for “spying purposes” that had an HD camera coming from the U.S.

Amid a crackdown by the Criminal Investigation Department at the Cairo Airport, it managed to seize four spy planes, telescopes, and cartridges from five passengers.

Source:   http://thecairopost.com