Prisoner claims he got a Five Guys burger delivered to him in jail by a drone and boasts that it was ‘delicious’
A prisoner boasted about having a Five Guys burger delivered to him by drone while he was behind bars.
Using a smuggled phone, he posted a video of his ‘delicious’ takeaway on TikTok despite being ‘battered and bruised’.
He said three stacks of meatballs were delivered directly to their window ‘via a drone in the Big House’.
The film is thought to have been shot in a Midlands prison, although the location of the prison is unknown.
The prisoner wrote in the caption: ‘I mean, it’s come a long way, it’s been through bad weather, it’s hit walls and windows a few times, and it’s had to be weathered in the microwave to kill germs, but before you it didn’t look much different.’
Considering its seemingly unusual journey, the food also arrived ‘wet and cold’ but was still ‘worth the money’.
The ugly clip has since been deleted, but it allegedly racked up more than 220,000 views.
An inmate boasted about having a Five Guys burger delivered to him by drone while behind bars
He said three stacks of meatballs were delivered directly to their window ‘via a drone in the Big House’.
The Ministry of Justice was contacted for comment but told The Sun there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations in the video but they were still trying to remove it.
The Prison Service said: ‘There is no evidence to support these claims but we are making requests to the social media platform to remove this content.
‘Prisoners caught using mobile phones will face increased penalties, which could include extra time behind bars.’
A source previously told the Daily Mail that prisoners were buying takeaways such as McDonald’s to “show off”.
The ex-con has revealed criminal gangs flying drones to deliver contraband to prisons can cost up to £50,000 per delivery.
These often include items such as phones, sims and drugs, and for some, a takeaway.
‘Some gangs make up to £50,000 at a time,’ said the ex-convict, who spent 20 years in prisons including Manchester and HMP Hull.
‘If you put five phones on a drone and deliver them, that’s £10,000. Drugs change hands in large quantities and many sheets can be attached to a drone. Some inmates even order from McDonald’s to show off.’
This isn’t the only time a takeaway has ended up behind bars.
Prisoners were seen cramming packets of smuggled fried chicken into HMP Wandsworth, where the scandal took place.
Prison bosses launched an urgent investigation after TikTok videos emerged showing inmates eating smuggled fast food, in another serious security breach for the south London prison.
In a video posted on TikTok, an inmate brazenly brags about the takeaway he bought from Chicken Cottage. In the now-deleted footage, he boasts about his wings and burger before turning the camera to show the cell door.
Prisoners cram packets of smuggled fried chicken into their cells at scandal-plagued HMP Wandsworth
In a video posted on TikTok, an inmate brazenly brags about the takeaway he bought from Chicken Cottage
An investigation has been launched to catch the prisoner and those who brought the food.
Bribed security guards can help smuggle food, while drones are increasingly filling prisons with illegal substances.
The Ministry of Justice said at the time: ‘We immediately removed these posts and are investigating. People who break prison rules could face additional time behind bars.’
Drone use at HMP Manchester, also known as Strangeways, has increased rapidly in recent years, with at least 220 drop-offs recorded last year; this is the highest figure in prisons in England and Wales.
Gangs often work in teams of two and use remote-controlled devices, which can cost anywhere from several hundred to tens of thousands of pounds, to transport contraband such as phones, drugs and even takeaways.
Cheap mobile phones in prisons can sell for £2,000, while paper soaked in spice or cocaine, a dangerous synthetic cannabinoid, can sell for £1,000, a former prisoner told The Sun.
The Ministry of Justice has recorded more than 1,000 drone ‘drops’ on prison grounds in 2024. Sources told the Daily Mail that drone landings could be completed in as little as 20 seconds, carrying packages weighing up to 7kg.
In November, Greater Manchester Police said more than 500 mobile phones and SIM cards were seized from prisoners at HMP Manchester.
Detective Sergeant Carla Dalton said phones behind bars were ‘used to deal drugs, deliver weapons and even plan violent attacks’.
