Fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin supplies are being shipped into the United States … on drones.
A new report from Judicial Watch reveals that confirmation has come in 14 pages of records the government watchdog obtained from U.S. Customers and Border Protection.
The lethal drugs are coming in across both the southern and northern borders.
Judicial Watch launched a Freedom of Information documents request that sought all details of “drones recovered or seized along the United States and Mexico Border” as well as information on the type and quantity of any illegal drugs seized, the locations and any arrests or convictions that resulted.
The results include confirmation of criminal activity in New York. There, the government confirmed, “At approximately 0200hrs on 09/21/22, Agents of [redacted] Station in conjunction with [redacted] were notified that [redacted] identified a DJI M300 drone originating in the United States had entered Canada. The drone landed and spent approximately 10 minutes in Canada. The drone returned to the United States to [redacted] NY where agents were waiting and observed the drone and an attached package, land in the back yard.”
Federal agents contacted the pilot and others on the scene, who fled into a home.
“Agents in hot pursuit, entered the house and took the pilot into custody. An unknown number of subjects absconded from the house into the surrounding neighborhood and 2 additional subjects were later taken into custody.”
All the suspects were Chinese nationals who claimed they held U.S. citizenship.
In that case, nearly seven pounds of MDMA was found, and the case was continuing.
Another situation, in California, was described to include a drone “incursion” in which a “white powder substance” was dropped.
“The white powder was tested and determined to be methamphetamine with a weight of .26 kilograms [over ½ lb] and a street value of $1500.”
Another situation was in Arizona, where Border Patrol agents found a downed drone from which more than a pound and a half of meth was recovered.
Another Arizona incident saw agents recover nearly seven pounds of heroin from a drone that was forced down.
“These documents dramatically confirm that the Biden administration allowed the drug cartels, which the Trump administration has correctly identified as terrorist threats, to engage military-like drone campaigns against the United States from abroad,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
Judicial Watch earlier had reported in its Corruption Chronicles how Mexican drug cartels conducted more than 9,000 drone flights in U.S. airspace in a single year. Some of those flights were to spy on police operations, others were to “gain intelligence information.”