CenTF Resource Center
The Web-based Resource Center for the Center for Task Force (CenTF) Training Program is a centralized source of current narcotics investigative information for law enforcement practitioners that includes recent articles, available training, grant funding information, and a question-and-answer section. The information contained herein is general in nature. If you are a RISS member, you may find additional resources regarding this material on the RISSLeads Bulletin Board.
CenTF Resource Center News Brief
Drug Smugglers Making More Use of Ultralight Aircraft
A drug-smuggling aircraft seized by the Yuma Sector Border Patrol represents a new trend in across-the-border smuggling techniques, border patrol officials said. When it went down, this ultralight aircraft was smuggling about 275 pounds of marijuana valued at an estimated $220,480 that was separated into two bundles. One of the bundles fell off upon impact and landed about 20 yards away from the scene of the crash. Both the marijuana and the aircraft were seized by Border Patrol officers.
Source: http://www.yumasun.com/news/patrol-50467-aircraft-smuggling.html...
(YumaSun.com, Yuma, Arizona, June 1, 2009)
Anti-Smuggling Plane—First Plane Built to Stop Smugglers
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are using a new high-tech plane to stop drug and human smugglers. It is said to be so powerful that it can scan hundreds of miles of ocean at the same time and zoom in on human faces from 10,000 feet.
Source: http://www.comcast.net/video/1141122453/antismuggling_plane...
(The Fan™ by Comcast, June 3, 2009)
APD Gang Unit, FBI, TDCJ End Two-Year Federal Drug Trafficking Investigation
On Wednesday, June 3, 2009, the Austin Violent Gang/Organized Crime Task Force, Safe Streets, hosted a news conference at Austin Police Department (APD) Headquarters to discuss the end of an investigation into a wide-reaching cocaine conspiracy. Safe Streets is composed of APD’s Gang Unit; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Office of the Inspector General. This operation was one of the most successful Safe Streets Task Force investigations in the nation for the year 2008.
Source: http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2009/06/03/apd_gang_unit_fbi_tdcj_end_two.html...
(Statesman.com, Austin, Texas, June 3, 2009)
