Video footage released by the police at the weekend shows a bird of prey grabbing a drone in its talons and bringing it to the ground. Watch the video:
The project is still in test phase but a spokesman said there was a ‘very real possibility’ that birds of prey could be used. ‘The bird sees the drone as prey and takes it to a safe place, a place where there are no other birds or people,’ project spokesman Marc Wiebes said. ‘That is what we are making use of in this project.’ Attack ‘Everyone can get hold of a drone, and that includes people who want to misuse them,’ police spokesman Michel Baeten told Nos. ‘It is a multifunctional piece of equipment and that means you can launch an attack with them as well.’