Coast Guard Drug Interdiction on the Texas Coast

Abstract

In your April 3, 1981, letter you, requested information on the capability of the Coast Guard to control drug smuggling, particularly on the Texas coast. As we advised your office," we recently started a review of Federal efforts to combat smuggling. This review will include the Coast Guard's drug interdiction activities. The concerns expressed in your letter will be considered during this review, and we will send you a copy of our final report. However, in immediate response to your request and as agreed with your office , and we are providing pertinent information that we obtained from Coast Guard officials on increases in drug traffic across the Texas coast and on Coast Guard resource limitations that affect drug interdiction efforts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 19, 1981
Accession Number
AD1174618

Entities

People

  • Henry Eschwege

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Cannabis
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Coast Guard
  • Drug Interdiction
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Helicopters
  • Interdiction
  • Law Enforcement
  • Law Enforcement Officers
  • Operational Intelligence
  • Search And Rescue
  • Security
  • Smuggling
  • United States

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  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.