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Drone Drug Heist at Utah Prison | Salt Lake City News
A parolee pulled off a jaw-dropping drone heist attempt to smuggle drugs into Utah State Prison — only to get caught mid-flight. Alfred Folau, who’d just been released for drug offenses, teamed up with inmate Joshua Baer in a scheme that began months earlier via coded calls. Cameras captured him preparing the drone near the prison, loaded with contraband — but it never made it to its target. Investigators found over 150 Suboxone packages, drone gear, and GPS manuals at his home and truck, plus phone data placing him on-site during the botched flight. This wasn’t their first rodeo — they…
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