An aerial camera invaded the Jiuyiyi concert! A 14-year-old boy may be punished for being forced to surrender by police using a "sniper rifle"

2026/11/13 13:06

[Reporter Xu Guozhen/Taichung Report] On the evening of the 18th, the "North and South Road Music Festival" was held in Shuinan Central Park, Taichung. Someone ignored the no-fly announcement and secretly released an aerial camera. The police paid tribute. A "drone countermeasure" was deployed to target and interfere, and the aerial photography aircraft was successfully forced to land. A 14-year-old boy was seized along the line and transferred to the Taichung City Government for fines in accordance with the Civil Aviation Law. The maximum fine may be NT$1.8 million.

During the 911 "North and South Road Music Festival" event, the police performed security maintenance duties that night. (provided by the public)

The Sixth Precinct pointed out today that it was performing safety maintenance duties for the event that day and received a report at 8 p.m. that a drone not used by the organizer was flying over the event. The drone countermeasures were immediately activated. The police officers held jammer guns and aimed and locked in the direction of the aerial camera. By emitting radio waves in a directional manner, they blocked the radio frequency and navigation signals and cut off the connection between the aerial camera and the remote control.

After the aerial camera was interfered with, it immediately lost its original control signal and slowly descended under the control of the police. However, considering the large number of people gathered at the event, in order to prevent the aerial camera from suddenly falling vertically and injuring the crowd, the police chose to let the aerial camera automatically return to the original take-off point instead of making an emergency landing directly, successfully resolving the aerial crisis.

The police received a report that an aerial camera was intruding that night, and immediately dispatched a drone countermeasures device to make an emergency landing. (Schematic diagram, data photo)

The police immediately investigated and found the 14-year-old boy who was operating the aerial camera in the temporary parking lot on Kaixuan Road at 8:30 p.m. It was understood that the teenager was suspected of posting on the Internet that he thought the scene was beautiful and saw that the organizer also used the aerial camera, so he took off. He did not expect to get into big trouble.

In fact, the Taichung City Government announced as early as November 3 that from 11 a.m. on November 7 to 11 p.m. on the 8th, remote-controlled drone flights are completely prohibited in the music festival area. In accordance with the provisions of the Civil Aviation Law, unauthorized intrusion into the government is prohibited. Government-announced no-fly zones carry a maximum fine of NT$300,000 to NT$1.5 million; flying over crowds without permission and flying at night in violation of regulations can each result in a fine of NT$30,000 to NT$150,000. If all violations are true, the maximum cumulative fine may reach NT$1.8 million.