Entergy confirms drone activity has occurred recently over the company's River Bend Station nuclear power plant in West Feliciana Parish. Gov. Jeff Landry wants the state to have the authority to take down such drones.

Red Wing police officers say four to five drones were spotted flying around a nuclear plant on Wednesday. According to a press release from the Red Wing Police Department, officers with the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office received a complaint from the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant on the 1700 block of Wakonade Drive that four to five drones had been spotted flying around.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said he has asked federal officials for the authority to 'mitigate' drones over state nuclear plant.

In the aftermath the FAA promised severe punishment for anyone caught flying drones in a way that interferes with firefighting, with penalties of up to 12 months in prison and $75,000 in fines. But the uncomfortable reality is that there is little that authorities can do to prevent illegal drone flights,

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