A man who caused a football match to be stopped by flying a drone overhead was caught – by a police drone. Lewis Franks, 27, admitted buzzing Chesterfield FC's stadium on May 7.
He flew the drone as low as 6.1m (20ft) over the National League play-off semi-final against Bromley, which was attended by 9,600 fans. The referee took the players off the pitch for several minutes before the device was seen to land.
Footage released after Franks was fined £2,466, shows him trying to flee the area in his car. Ironically, a police drone was used to track Franks from a car park near the stadium before being arrested.
