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Technology helps detect drugs and weapons at border
Customs inspectors using X-ray trucks and thermal cameras uncover a 5600 pound marijuana haul valued at 7.8 million at the Columbia Solidarity Bridge near Laredo. The story highlights how border police employ high tech tools from thermal imaging to armored vest video devices to speed up drug interdiction, while critics urge more humane migrant handling.
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Washington
Columbia Solidarity
Laredo
Ray Mintz
Applied Technology Division
U.S. Customs Service
Brownsville
Ben Reyna
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Congress
Reyna
Barry McCaffrey
U.S. Coast Guard
Bridge of the Americas
el Paso
Mintz
Claudia Smith
California Rural Legal Aid Assistance Foundation