[sturadnidge]

I was watching a documentary the other day about border smuggling - surely it's only a matter of time before drones are used for that, in which case what hope has domestic law enforcement got if they don't go down the same path.

[revelation]

Smugglers have used submarines. Law enforcement has already "no hope", and that is entirely by design. If you want LE and criminals to be equal then you end up in a country run by criminals.

[mmagin]

No, there is more than the technical advantage held by police which factors into this. There is also the extent to which the mass of people tend to believe whether it is better to do things in a law-abiding manner or whether legal authority is completely disrespectable and not worth obeying.

[mobweb]

There was a post here on HN not too long ago about exactly this. Drug cartels using ultralight drones to smuggle drugs across borders.

Found it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4415508

[gnaritas]

Preventing drug use has always been a lost cause anyway, there never was hope to be had on that path.