Metropolitan Police can reportedly listen into people's phone calls using an unmanned spy plane. An investigation has shown that a mysterious aircraft was used on several occasions last year while there have been suspicions for years about the Met’s use of the plane.In 2014, plane spotters noticed a flight path showing an unmarked Cessna F406 aircraft circling London at 10,000 feet before suddenly vanishing from tracking sites.
The Mirror reported that it was a top secret spy plane that was capable of intercepting mobile phone calls and listening in on people’s conversations, and the force refused to deny the claim.
It was identified as being a twin-engine Cessna F406 with the registration G-BVJT, while other reports claimed that a second Cessna with the tail sign G-UMMI had also been seen over the capital.
The police refused to confirm or deny that the two planes cost £3m a year and were used to monitor mobile phone calls, leading to Lib Dems posing the questions to then-mayor Boris Johnson.
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