Prisoner claims he acquired a Five Guys burger delivered to him in jail by a drone and boasts that it was ‘scrumptious’
A prisoner has boasted he had a Five Guys burger delivered to him by drone while behind bars.
Using a contraband phone, he posted a video on TikTok of the ‘delicious’ takeaway even though it was ‘battered and bruised’.
He said the three stack patty was delivered directly to their window ‘via a drone in the Big House’.
Although the location of the prison is unclear, it is thought to be filmed at a Midlands jail.
The convict wrote in the caption: ‘I mean it’s took a long detour, gone through battering weather, hit the wall and window a couple times and had to get frazzled in the microwave to kill any germs but yer it didn’t look too much different.’
Considering its apparent unusual journey, the food had also arrived ‘soggy and cold’ but was still ‘well worth the money’.
The outrageous clip has since been deleted but not before allegedly racking up more than 220,000 views.
A prisoner has boasted he had a Five Guys burger delivered to him by drone while behind bars
He said the three stack patty was delivered directly to their window ‘via a drone in the Big House’
The Ministry of Justice have been contacted for comment but told The Sun there was not enough evidence to make the claims in the video but had nonetheless tried to get it taken down.
The Prison Service said: ‘There is zero evidence to support claims that a drone was used to deliver food or that the meal shown in the posts originated from outside the prison estate.
‘We acted immediately to get this content removed and prisoners caught using mobiles face further punishment which can include extra time behind bars.
One source previously told the Daily Mail that prisoners would buy takeaways like McDonald’s to ‘show off’.
The ex-prisoner had explained that criminal gangs delivering contraband to prisons by flying drones into the grounds could make up to £50,000 per delivery.
They would typically contain items like phones, sims and drugs – and for some, a takeaway.
‘Some gangs are raking in £50,000 a go,’ the ex–prisoner, who spent 20 years in jails including Manchester and HMP Hull, said.
‘If you put five phones on a drone and deliver them, that’s £10,000. Drugs change hands for huge amounts, and lots of sheets can be attached to a drone. Some prisoners are even ordering McDonald’s to show off.’
This is not the only time that it seems a takeaway has made its way behind bars.
Prisoners were seen tucking into smuggled fried chicken takeaways at scandal-hit HMP Wandsworth.
Prison bosses launched an urgent probe after TikTok videos emerged of inmates dining on smuggled-in fast food in what was another damning security breach for the south London jail.
In one video, posted on TikTok, an inmate brazenly boasts about his takeaway meal from Chicken Cottage. In the now deleted footage, he brags about his wings and burger before turning the camera to show his cell door.
Prisoners are tucking into smuggled fried chicken takeaways in their cells at scandal-hit HMP Wandsworth
In one video, posted on TikTok, an inmate brazenly boasts about his takeway meal from Chicken Cottage
An investigation was been launched to track down the prisoner and those who brought in the food.
Bribed security guards could have helped smuggle the meal, while drones are increasingly flooding prisons with illicit items.
The Ministry of Justice said at the time: ‘We removed these posts immediately and are investigating. Those who break prison rules can face extra time behind bars.’
The use of drones has soared in recent years with HMP Manchester, also known as Strangeways, recording at least 220 drop–offs last year – the highest figure across prisons in England and Wales.
Gangs typically work in teams of two and use the remote–controlled devices, which can cost from a few hundred to tens of thousands of pounds, to fly in contraband such as phones, drugs and even takeaways.
Cheap mobile phones can be sold in prisons for £2,000 while paper soaked in spice – a dangerous synthetic cannabinoid – or cocaine can fetch £1,000, one former inmate told The Sun.
The Ministry of Justice recorded more than 1,000 drone ‘drops’ in 2024 across the prisons estate. Sources told the Daily Mail that drone drops can be completed in as little as 20 seconds carrying packages which can weigh as much as 7kg.
In November, Greater Manchester Police said more than 500 mobile phones and SIM cards were seized from inmates at HMP Manchester.
Detective Sergeant Carla Dalton said phones behind bars are ‘used to arrange drug deals, weapon drops and even plan violent attacks.’
