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News ReleaseMay 25, 2011Contact: Tucson SectorPublic Affairs Office

(520) 748-3210www.cbp.gov 

ACTT Operation Yields Results After Six Days More than 5,400 pounds of marijuana; $115,000 seized 

TUCSON, Ariz. – A six-day Alliance to Combat Transnational Threats (ACTT) operation in theVekol Valley area of Arizona concluded on May 21. The ACTT operation resulted in the seizure of more than 5,400 pounds of marijuana and $115,600 in illicit currency. The marijuana had anestimated street value of $2.7 million.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) was the lead agency during this ACTT operationwhich focused on apprehending smugglers and disrupting the activities of transnational criminalorganizations operating in the Vekol Valley area. The intelligence driven operation displayed theunprecedented level of cooperation, coordination and communication that is taking place betweenlaw enforcement agencies across Arizona. The operation also exemplifies the ACTT’s commitmentto deter, disrupt, and interdict individuals and criminal organizations that pose a threat to bordercommunities.

“DPS is proud to be the lead law enforcement agency involved in this crucial on-going effort to stopthe flow of drugs and weapons through Arizona,” said Robert Halliday, Director of the Arizona

Department of Public Safety. “We will continue to work with our partners to get the job done. Thesebrave men and women in law enforcement put their lives on the line every day as they arrest drugsmugglers in the hope of making our communities safer.”

The operation resulted in the following arrests and seizures:  55 illegal aliens arrested  Five United States citizens arrested  5,433 pounds of marijuana seized  $115,630 in currency seized  Four firearms seized  Five stolen vehicles recovered

  Seven individuals federally prosecuted  38 individuals prosecuted by the state  10 individuals were processed through the Tucson Consequence Delivery System

The operation involved the following agencies:  Pinal County Sheriff’s Office  Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office  Yuma County Sheriff’s Office  U.S. Border Patrol, Tucson and Yuma Sectors  Bureau of Land Management  Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Homeland Security Investigations  Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Enforcement and Removal Operations

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  CBP Office of Air and Marine  Tohono O’odham Police Department  Gila River Police Department  Casa Grande Police Department  Eloy Police Department  U.S. Attorney’s Office, Arizona District

ACTT, launched in September 2009, continues to utilize a collaborative, cooperative enforcementapproach that leverages the capabilities and resources of Department of Homeland Security agenciesin Arizona in partnership with other federal, state, local, tribal governments and the government of Mexico against criminal organizations that pose a threat to the United States. These agenciescontinue working together to diligently share vital information on current smuggling trends that haveled to a number of mutually beneficial, intelligence driven operations that continue to support theircommon goal of making our country safer.

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Security charged with management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between official

 ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while

enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.