New police powers to tackle illegal use of drones (7 January 2019)
New legislation will give police officers the power to land drones, search premises and seize drones and will require users to produce the proper documentation.
-police to be given additional powers to land, seize and search drones -government to work on expanded use of technology to detect and repel drones in sites like airports and prisons -exclusion zone extended around airports where drones are banned from flying -from November 2019 drone operators will be required by law to register