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104063 1 (1977-11-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxwu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DCCURENT RESUME 04063 - [B32544861 Federal Druq Law Enforcement Programs. November 160 1977. 1Z pp. + 7 enclosures (18 pp.). Tostimony before the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. by William J. Anderson, Deputy Director, General Government Div. Issue Area: Law Enforcement and Crime Preventicn- Controlled Items (502); Law Enforcement and Crime Provention: Approach to Drug Law Enforcement (511) ;Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention: Illegal Entry of People and Things (5(6). Contact: General Government Div. Budget Function: Law Enforcement and Justice: Tedural Law Enforcement and Prosecution (751). Orqanization Concerned: Drug Enforcement Administration; United States Cust.oms Service; Immigrition and Nat:uralization sezvice; Office of Management and Budget: C'ffice of Drug Abuse Policy. Congressional Relevance: House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse dnd Control. The transit of illicit drugs and undocumented aliens across the southwestern border bas beet the target of law enforcement efforts. There is general agreement that Mexico is the major source of heroin roaching this ccuntry. The Federal expenditur.es employed by the three aajor enforcement agencies during the period 1971 through 1976 have approximattly doubled, and the number of enforcement and support personnel have increased 31%. Border forces interdict only a small quantity of the estimated heroin and cocaine eiteling the the United States from Kexico4 most seizures are of Aarihuana. Border interdiction efforts have suffered frog a lack of actionable intelligence and from deficiencies in operations. A shortage of inspectors existed at four ports-of-entry visited along the bcrder, and the only detection devices available were data from the Treasuryls automated system, which is of limited value becanse it is primarily keyed to vehicle license numkers. Detector dogs are not used to search people, ard hard vazcot-.s which come through the ports aLe believed to be packaged and iasextid into the human body. There is a need for an integrated federal strategy and comprehensive border control plan. GAO has reccamended a sinqle agency as the long-range solution. The priority and commitment of the MexicaL Government is necessary tc disrupting the production and sbipment of illicit drugs. (SW)

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