New Delhi, May 3 -- Several states in the United States, including South Carolina, are now dealing with a persistent and growing problem of drone deliveries into prison grounds. These deliveries often occur in the middle of the night and reportedly drop contraband for inmates.

According to a CNN report, there has been a massive surge in drone deliveries at prisons across the country, especially in South Carolina prisons. Earlier this winter, a drone flew into the Turbeville Correctional Institution yard and dropped a three-foot package before speeding away, the captain of the drone hunting team for South Carolina's state prisons told the news outlet.

Inside the package, officials as per the report recovered tobacco, marijuana, ecstasy, ...