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Federal authorities have confiscated more than 600 drones that were flying near FIFA World Cup stadiums since the tournament began on June 11, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.<\/p>

During match days, all aircraft \u2014 including drones \u2014 are banned from flying within a three-nautical-mile radius and up to 3,000 feet above ground level around the host stadiums, unless air traffic controllers have specifically granted permission. The FBI confirmed that the seized drones were recovered from restricted airspace spanning all 11 U.S. cities serving as World Cup host sites.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Federal agencies have confiscated more than 600 drones flying near FIFA World Cup venues since the tournament kicked off on June 11. Drone flights are banned within three nautical miles and up to 3,000 feet above stadiums on match days unless authorized. The seizures have taken place across all 11 U.S. cities hosting World Cup games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":91780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1783361875336.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-nSl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":83776,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/over-50-drones-seized-near-world-cup-venues-dhs-reports\/","url_meta":{"origin":91781,"position":0},"title":"Over 50 Drones Seized Near World Cup Venues, DHS Reports","author":"Admin","date":"June 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Federal authorities have confiscated more than 50 drones flying near FIFA World Cup 2026 locations since the tournament began last week. 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