Two US tourists booked for flying drone in Kerala

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A case has been registered against two US nationals for allegedly flying a drone near the Coast Guard Headquarters in Fort Kochi, police said on Sunday. The accused Katie Michelle Phelps, 32, and Christopher Ross Harvey, 35, are from California.

According to police officials at Fort Kochi, the duo had arrived as tourists and were spotted flying a drone to record videos near the Coast Guard Headquarters on Saturday morning. Fort Kochi, which houses establishments of the Navy and Coast Guard, falls under a red zone where drone operations are prohibited.

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