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Law Enforcement Intercepted Ultra-Light Smuggling Ten Bundles Of Marijuana
 
 

December 3, 2013 - Agents with Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Air and Marine (OAM) and the U.S. Border Patrol interrupted a drug smuggling attempt by an ultra-light aircraft near the Brown Field Airport in San Diego County. This resulted in two arrests and the seizure of more than 260 pounds of marijuana. 

OAM’s Air and Marine Operations Center (AMOC) spotted and tracked an ultra-light aircraft crossing over the Mexico/United States international border and entering San Diego County. 

The AMOC alerted the San Diego Air and Marine Branch and San Diego Sector Border Patrol. OAM dispatched an AS-350 helicopter which vectored Border Patrol agents on the ground to the remote drop location north of Brown Field Airport. 

 

At the drop location agents found ten bundles of marijuana and a metal cage – the item that is used to hold cargo under an ultra-light aircraft. Agents also apprehended two men near the drop zone and seized a 1999 Ford Expedition. The bundles of marijuana weighed more than 262 pounds with an estimated street value of $157,000.  

William Raymond, OAM’s director of air operations said, “CBP continues to be vigilant in identifying and interdicting these types of attempts. This is also an example of how coordinated efforts utilizing technology are playing a key role in preventing illegal activity along our border.”  

During processing, the men were determined to be a 32-year-old illegal alien and a 49-year-old legal permanent resident. The men and marijuana were turned over to Homeland Security Investigations. The suspect ultra-light aircraft did not land and was tracked returning to Mexico by AMOC.
 

 

 
 
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