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CED-81-104 1 (1981-05-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabces0001 and id is 1 raw text is: '~D ST -UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-203255 RELEASED MAY 19,1981 The Honorable Lloyd Bentsen United States Senate 115845 Dear Senator Bentsen: Subject: LCoast Guard Drug Interdiction on the Texas Coast (CED-81-104) 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 re- quest and as agreed with your office,,we are providing pertinent information that we obtained from Coast Guard officials on in- creases in drug traffic across the Texas coast and on Coast Guard resource limitations that affect drug interdiction efforts. According to Coast Guard officials, drug smuggling on the Texas coast has increased over the last few years. Although the Coast Guard has established goals for deterring maritime drug smuggling, resource limitations have prevented it from achieving these goals. We interviewed Coast Guard officials from the Operational Law Enforcement Division, the Intelligence and Security Division, the Budget Division, and the Search and Rescue Division. We reviewed Coast Guard statistics on the amount and type of drugs seized and Coast Guard resources used to interdict drug smuggling. BACKGROUND The primary drug targeted and seized by the Coast Guard is marijuana. (See encl. I.) The Coast Guard concentrates on this drug, in part, because it is the top income producer, accounting for 35 percent of estimated U.S. narcotic sales in 1978 (about $15 to $23 billion). Marijuana~is also a prime (082098)

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