The man was arrested for flying a drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base in Ventura County and taking several photographs once overhead.
A Brentwood man has been arrested on suspicion of flying a drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base and taking photos, according to the United States Department of Justice. Yinpiao Zhou, 39, has been charged with failure to register an aircraft not providing transportation and violation of national defense airspace, the DOJ's release said. He was arrested at San Francisco International Airport on Tuesday as he was getting ready to board a flight to China.
Personnel spoke with Zhou on that day, who was accompanied by another person. They found that he had concealed the aircraft in his jacket at that time. After obtaining a federal search warrant, agents searched Zhou's drone and found several photographs of the space force base taken via the drone.
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