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Publication - FOI/EIR release

Prosecutions for use of a drone to commit an offence: FOI release

Published
25 March 2019
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Part of
Law and order, Public sector
FOI reference
FOI/201900000605
Date received
4 March 2019
Date responded
18 March 2019

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Information requested

 

How many prosecutions took place in 2018 for the use of a drone to commit a criminal offence? These are crimes that would typically be prosecuted using the Air Navigation Order legislation.

 

Response

 

Our records show there were no prosecutions under sections 94, 94A, 94B, 95 or 241 of The Air Navigation Order 2016 during 2017-18.

Information from the Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database is published on a financial year basis and relates to proceedings that have concluded in Scottish courts. The latest available data is for 2017-18, information for 2018-19 will be available early next year following publication of our statistical bulletin ‘Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2018-19’.

 

About FOI

The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at http://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.

Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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