Border securityDocuments reveal drug cartels' secret weapons, techniques
The recent attack on Arizona’s Department of Public Safety by LulzSec has revealed that law enforcement officials in the Southwest are battling drug cartels that use a variety of sleek gadgets and hidden weapons; the sensitive documents published by LulzSec show that smugglers have become increasingly clever using a variety of methods to sneak drugs past border officials; the cartels have hollowed out cell phones to plant 180,000 volt stun guns or a .22 caliber pistol
Stun gun disquised as a cell phone // Source: gadgettown.com
The recent attack on Arizona’s Department of Public Safety by LulzSec has revealed that law enforcement officials in the Southwest are battling drug cartels that use a variety of sleek gadgets and hidden weapons.
The sensitive documents published by LulzSec show that smugglers have become increasingly clever using a variety of methods to sneak drugs past border officials.
One document reveals that a passenger flying from Columbia to New York last march was caught with 1.6 kilos of heroin hidden inside a laptop, mouse, external hard drive, iPod speakers, digital picture frame, and mp3 player. Meanwhile a warning from the Arizona Counterterrorism Information Center said that cartels were placing GPS tracking devices on their rivals to set up home invasions and raids. As a result, law enforcement agents should carefully inspect vehicles when they are seized so the confiscated vehicle can longer be traced.
In addition another report warned that gangs were frequently disguising themselves as cops to fool other gangs or disguise themselves in public so as not to arouse suspicion.
The documents also revealed that cartels have hollowed out cell phones to plant 180,000 volt stun guns or a .22 caliber pistol. The weapons have yet to be found in the United States, but Calibrepress, a website that tracks concealed weapons, said that they would be in the United States “shortly.”
