The Customs and Border Protection (CBPfor the English acronym) carried out a series of operations with agents of the Spokane Sectorfrom Washingtonin it Interstate 90 corridor near St. Regis, Montana. The checks were carried out from December 7th to 11th led to the arrest of dozens of immigrants.
Police teams deployed during the operation, which lasted five days made 51 arrests. This includes 41 people who violated immigration lawand was one of those arrested identified as a convicted violent sex offenderhe revealed in a press release.
During the course of operation the officers des Border protection:
In addition, the efforts led to this six arrests for driving under the influence already Recovery of two missing minors in Washington.
With regard to the bans, officials confiscated:
“This operation shows the power of collaborationsaid the Spokane Sector Chief Patrol Officer, Jason love. “Through the combination Intelligence, air surveillance and coordinated law enforcementWe were able to uncover criminal activity, recover missing minors and Strengthening public safety in Western Montana“, he explained.
In the text, the agency responsible for ensuring border protection claimed that the operation was “successfully dismantled.” transnational criminal organizations dedicated to drug trafficking and to Human trafficking along the I-90 corridor.
He hinted at that again Strengthen partnerships between federal, state and local authorities. The following took part in the tasks:
The colonel Kurt Sagerfrom the Montana Highway Patrol, celebrated the success of the operations. “I am proud of the work our Criminal Interdiction Team and Strategic Traffic Control Team did during this operation Keep drugs and refugees off our streets“, held.
At the end of November an investigation was carried out by Associated Press revealed that the CBP agents They use a Internal monitoring system that tracks the movements of all drivers.
The goal is Identify “suspicious” travel patterns to alert local authorities. The A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate information.
Reasons such as driving on country roads or driving a rental car can lead officers to stop a driver.. They also stop those who do something cover short distances and move towards the border region.
Officers stop people with justification for a traffic violation, such as:
Stopped cars and trucks do not know that they were actually previously monitored by the CBP surveillance system.
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