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Border Patrol agents witnessed smugglers dropping a toddler over a southern border wall on Sunday.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents observed a group of smugglers trying to pass a 2-year-old child over the 18-foot wall just before midnight, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. As they were handing the toddler off, he fell but did not sustain injuries.
The group of migrants trying to get across the border were observed on a remote surveillance system. Agents were dispatched, and upon further investigation, it was discovered that the toddler was dropped into the supposed father’s arms on the U.S. side of the wall. Both the father and the baby are citizens of Ghana with no legal status within the country.
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The suspected use of a drone to transport illegal drugs in Simi Valley last month appears to be a first for Ventura County.
The March 19 incident remains under investigation as the Simi Valley Police Department awaits results of laboratory tests to determine whether a substance attached to the drone in question was heroin, said Cmdr. Steve Shorts on April 9. Due to the risk of exposure to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that can be fatal in small doses, the department no longer conducts its own presumptive tests, he said. Results from an outside lab could take weeks.
Officers came across the drone while taking a suspect into custody last month on Enchanted Way, north of Highway 118 near First Street. Narcotics detectives had been investigating the Simi Valley resident, 51-year-old John Piani, for suspected sales of heroin and methamphetamine, officials said. He also had an outstanding warrant, Shorts said.
A border patrol officer arrested a group of migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. Among the individuals caught in the act, a suspected MS-13 gang member joined the group and tried to sneak into California.
The announcement of the arrest was made by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). It can be remembered that apart from gangs, drug cartels from Mexico are reported to smuggle their members inside the United States. The drug cartel members utilize migrant families and even kids, disguise themselves as the legal guardian of a kid from a migrant family, and even give out false names just to sneak in inside the borders of the United States.