# French authorities have launched a major operation to crack down on the use of miniature mobile phones in prisons nationwide, searching 66 jails across the country in a bid to seize thousands of the devices. The operation, called “Prison Break”, aims to seize miniature telephones put into circulation by a Chinese company and resold in France. The use of the devices was blamed for lawlessness in prisons, with detainees still masterminding drugs deals while behind bars.
France search 66 prisons to crack down on miniature mobile phones