Category Archives: Border

North Dakota Man Sentenced to Jail In Controversial Drone-Arrest Case

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Martin Walls

The first American man arrested with the help of a Predator drone has also become the first man who will go to jail because of it. Continue reading →

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UAV a Success for Coast Guard in Major Drug Bust

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Martin Walls

More than a half-ton of confiscated cocaine came this spring with the aid of a small unmanned drone — signaling the first time the Coast Guard deployed a unmanned aerial system from a cutter in a drug interdiction.
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Feds Say Drones on Border Won’t Be Weaponized

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Martin Walls

Border drones will not be armed with “non-lethal” devices, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday, a day after a report came out showing that the devices had been considered. Continue reading →

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U.S. Border Agency Allows Others to Use Its Drones

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Martin Walls

Agencies that have used the 10 Predator drones owned by the Customs and Border Protection Agency have deployed them to investigate fishing violations, search for missing persons and inspect levees along the Mississippi River, among other things. Continue reading →

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