drug interdiction

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drug interdiction

The interception of illegal drugs being smuggled by air, sea, or land. See also counterdrug operations.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Civil Air Patrol's 56,000 members nationwide also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies.
He said after one or two years, the PDEA would turn over the facility to the local government unit so that PDEA agents can focus on drug interdiction and its other primary duties.
In other words, the researchers write, "narcotrafficking is as widespread and difficult to eradicate as it is because of interdiction, and increased interdiction will continue to spread traffickers into new areas, allowing them to continue to move drugs north." Like drug prohibition, which motivates all manner of innovative and adaptive criminal activity, drug interdiction undermines itself.
Inter-agency drug interdiction unit eyed in ports, air strips !-- -- Romina Cabrera (The Philippine Star) - June 21, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is pushing for the creation of an inter-agency drug interdiction task group against drug smuggling through the country's private ports and airstrips.
Aquino said PDEA is pushing for the establishment of an inter-agency drug interdiction task group to synchronize efforts in sealing off possible smuggling points in the country, particularly the privately-run airstrips, heliports, and seaports.
When he reached Manila, Burhan was intercepted by the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (Naia-IADITG) during a regular random inspection of passenger luggage.
By law, the Coast Guard has 11 missions: Ports, waterways, and coastal security, drug interdiction, aids to navigation, search and rescue, living marine resources, marine safety, Defense readiness, migrant interdiction, marine environmental protection, ICE operations, and other law enforcement.
"Contrary to the will of Congress, the President has used the pretext of a manufactured 'crisis' of unlawful immigration to declare a national emergency and redirect federal dollars appropriate for drug interdiction, military construction, and law enforcement initiatives toward building a wall on the United States -- Mexico border," the lawsuit, filed in the Federal District Court of San Francisco, reads.
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal on Monday joined California and 14 other states in suing over President Donald Trump's decision to fund a border wall by declaring a national emergency and annexing billions of federal dollars earmarked for military construction projects and law enforcement drug interdiction efforts.
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan and China have decided to adopt appropriate joint measures to effectively counter perceived emerging threat of illicit drug trafficking and additional resources to ANF for establishing and deploying dedicated check posts and drug interdiction teams.
The discussions ended with a decision that the appropriate joint measures would be taken to effectively counter the perceived emerging threat of illicit drug trafficking, and additional resources to the ANF to establish and deploy dedicated check-posts and drug interdiction teams particularly at transit and terminal points in Pakistan such as Sost and Gwadar would be supported in all aspects.
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