Drug Smuggling 101: How to Bypass the US Border Fence

July 25, 2012 from Telegraph.co.uk

The border fence that was built to keep illegal immigrants and narcotics out of the United States ends a couple of yards into the Pacific ocean. Captain Dave Myers from the San Diego Sheriff's Department shows Alastair Good where he has picked up swimmers, surfers, and boats laden with marijuana from Mexico.

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