Drone complaints soar as concerns grow over snooping

Complaints to police include claims of burglary 'scoping', mid-air near-misses and the smuggling of contraband into prisons

The number of incidents in the UK involving drones reported to police has increased more than twelve-fold over the past two years.

Complaints, including allegations of snooping, burglary "scoping" exercises, mid-air near-misses and the smuggling of contraband into prisons, rose to almost 10 a day (3,456) last year, compared with 283 in 2014. Last year's figure was almost three times higher than the 2015 total of 1,237 incidents.