Yuma, Ariz. — Yuma Sector Border Patrol
agents responded to reports Saturday evening of an ultra-light aircraft (ULA)
incursion from Mexico and recovered nine bundles of marijuana.
At approximately 11:30 p.m., U.S.
Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations Center (AMOC) in
Riverside, Calif., notified Yuma Sector of the ULA incursion and agents began
tracking the ULA. AMOC notified ground units that the ULA was circling an area
near Somerton, Ariz.
Agents arriving in the area shortly
after midnight discovered five bundles and a ULA “drop cage” just outside
Somerton. They found three more bundles beneath a tree a short distance away
and a ninth bundle nearby.
The marijuana, weighing 208.7 pounds and
valued at $484,880, was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration for
processing.
As a result of the Border Patrol’s
progress in combating transnational criminal organizations and ensuring they
face stiff penalties, drug smugglers have sought alternate methods – such as
using ultra-light aircraft – to deliver their illegal products to the United
States.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged
with the management, control, and protection of our Nation's borders at and
between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and
terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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