Cheyenne Petryszyn appeared in court Friday for her sentencing after pleading guilty to two counts of aggravated supply of dangerous drugs in a correctional facility.

Drug dealer flew drone carrying $75K in opioids, porn-filled USB drive into prison yard::Cheyenne Petryszyn was sentenced after admitting to her role in a smuggling plot that involved launching a drone to deliver drugs and porn to a Queensland, Australia, prison.

  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    29·
    1 year ago

    Nearby, they recovered a sealed bag crammed with 79 strips of the opioid buprenorphine, 0.94 grams of methamphetamine and the USB drive that was found to contain pornography, prosecutors said.

    Is $75k the prison value here or something? Seems like an incredibly random value for such a small amount.

    • iforgotmyinstance@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      1 year ago

      Yeah this is the second time I’ve seen this story and the first time didn’t try to include a dollar amount.

      Whoever wrote this pulled the number from their ass for clicks.

    • sodiumbromley@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      A crown prosecutor told the court the woman’s role in the plot was to obtain the drugs for Knudson to sell inside the prison, where a single strip of buprenorphine can fetch close to $1,000.

      As said in the article, yes. Prison prices.