TOKYO -- The Metropolitan Police Department decided Thursday to set up a unit using drones with nets to capture suspicious unmanned aircraft, the first such initiative in Japan.
The police drone uses the net to entangle smaller aircraft. When a drone is spotted flying near an important structure such as the Diet Building or the prime minister's official residence, a larger drone will be deployed to catch the aircraft with a net. On the ground, officers will use loudspeakers to warn the controller of the suspicious drone to leave the area.
