US Customs and Border Protection is apparently blocking some of the imports over concerns the drones were made with forced labor. But DJI says it has evidence denying this.

The U.S. government is stopping imports of some DJI drones from entering the U.S., the Chinese drone maker told Reuters on Wednesday. In a previously unreported letter seen by Reuters, DJI notified distributors that U.

"The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has cited the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), as the reason for the current holdups," the DJI ViewPoints team wrote. "This assertion made against DJI,

A drone intercepted by a German warship off the coast of Lebanon on Thursday was armed and exploded, a military spokesman said in Berlin. The spokesman for Germany's armed forces, the Bundeswehr, said "an explosive charge was set off" as the drone was downed in the "immediate vicinity" of the Ludwigshafen am Rhein corvette.