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.
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