Charges over Vic drone smuggle attempt

A man will face court next week after a drone was allegedly used to try to smuggle drugs into a Melbourne prison.

Police were called to reports of a drone hovering over the Metropolitan Remand Centre in Ravenhall at about 4.30pm on Sunday.

Officers found a man and woman in a car nearby with what is believed to be a four-engined drone and a small quantity of drugs.

A 28-year-old Lalor man has been charged with possessing a drug of dependence and attempting to commit an indictable offence.

He has been bailed to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court next Monday.