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Special Units
Arizona Border Patrol Agents Seize Heroin From Inside Engine
The vehicle, a green Chevrolet Silverado Extended Cab, was occupied by a male Mexican national, who was arrested. Further investigation revealed several packages of black tar heroin inside the engine's manifold.
October 25, 2010
Patrol
Arizona Sheriff Says Cartel Assassins Sent to 'Take Out' Bandits
The sheriff released a portion of "law enforcement sensitive" information after a news media contacted the office "in an effort to inform the public about the dangers associated with the drug cartels operating in Pinal County."
October 14, 2010
Special Units
How Cartels Smuggle Narcotics Into Arizona
Earlier this year, a regional SWAT team led by deputies with the Pinal County (Ariz.) Sheriff's Office took POLICE Magazine into the Vekol Valley in the Arizona desert to show one way smugglers bring narcotics across the U.S.-Mexico border. Smugglers often use illegal immigrants as drug mules to carry 25-pound marijuana bundles using makeshift "backpacks" of rope and cut strips of Mexican blankets to lessen discomfort. Listen to our podcast, "Tracking Smugglers in Southern Arizona," with Pinal County Sheriff's Sgt. Matt Thomas. Photos by Paul Clinton.
October 13, 2010
The federal Bureau of Land Management posts warning signs for tourists who would venture into the remote areas of southern Arizona's rugged, unforgiving desert.
Patrol
California Smuggler Stuffed Illegal Immigrant In Duffel Bag
The woman, a U.S. citizen, has been arrested for attempting to smuggle the 39-year-old Mexican national across the border.
October 4, 2010
Patrol
Nogales PD's Pursuit Led to Smuggling Tunnel and Drug Load
A Nogales (Ariz.) Police officer initiated the foot pursuit that eventually led to the discovery of one of two smuggling tunnels, an arrest and seizure of more than 800 pounds of marijuana worth more than $400,000.
October 3, 2010
Patrol
Experts Question Arizona Deputy's Shooting
Two forensics experts are questioning the shooting of Pinal County (Ariz.) Sheriff's deputy Louie Puroll, saying the shooting could not have occurred as the deputy described it.
September 25, 2010
Patrol
Texas Drug Smugglers Using U.S. Mail
The packages, headed for Houston, Sugar Land, Missouri City and elsewhere, came from as close as the Rio Grande Valley and as far away as Pakistan and Iraq.
September 22, 2010
Special Units
Drug Couriers Using Disguises and 'Cloner' Vehicles
The traffickers have been caught hauling marijuana along the Texas border in fake versions of a Walmart truck or FedEx van. They've employed sham school buses, dummy dump trucks and bogus ambulances.
September 4, 2010
Special Units
ID Forgery Kit
Street gangs have become very adept at creating convincing false documents that can pass an officer's cursory inspection. Advanced computers, scanners, and color printers make detection more challenging, and traffickers often use fake birth certificates and other forgeries to obtain authentic state-issued documents. Biometric methods such as fingerprinting, retinal scans and DNA are a much more reliable way to identify suspicious people. Photos courtesy of Richard Valdemar.
August 24, 2010
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confiscated this fake California Identification Card during an investigation. The IDs have since been given additional anti-forgery features, which can often be defeated by savvy counterfeiters.
Gangs
False Document Mills Fuel Gang Profits
Advanced computers, scanners, and color printers make counterfeit detection much more difficult. Like good counterfeit currency, most false documents pass routine inspection and only the crude examples are detected.
August 23, 2010
This Los Angeles County birth certificate was a forgery. Photo courtesy of Richard Valdemar.
Special Units
POLICE-TREXPO Panel Covers 'Unholy Trinity' of Border Threats
An alliance has formed between jihadists, drug cartels and American street gangs along the southern border, according to the experts. This threat represents the most credible target of attack to the U.S.
August 16, 2010
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Weapons
Pinal County Justice Foundation Seeks Donations to Purchase Rifles for Deputies
The Pinal County Sheriff's Office is asking now because "dangerous incidents have increased through the past few years and are now escalating to a point where deputies are involved in high-speed vehicle pursuits, shootouts between deputies and smugglers, incidents of ambush, as well as the deputy who was injured in a shooting."
August 5, 2010
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