BOISE, Idaho – Idaho Governor Brad Little has once again sent a team of Idaho State Police troopers to the U.S. border with Mexico.
Gov. Little says 13 troopers left Sunday and will be deployed to Texas until mid-December.
They’re part of the ISP Domestic Highway Enforcement team, which Gov. Little’s office describes as a “multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force that identifies, disrupts, and dismantles local, multi-state, and international drug trafficking organizations using an intelligence-driven, multi-agency, prosecutor-supported approach.”
The troopers will be assisting the Texas Department of Public Safety.
“In Idaho and across the country, reports of human trafficking are on the rise. Meanwhile, law enforcement agencies are seizing record amounts of fentanyl, meth, and other dangerous drugs. In too many cases, this illegal activity can be traced right back to cartels and other bad actors taking advantage of our lawless southern border,” Governor Little said in a news release Monday. “The troopers we deploy to Texas come back with better knowledge to stop these perpetrators in our state. As they have done before, our troopers will debrief and train their law enforcement colleges around the state so we can protect Idahoans from these deadly, dangerous threats.”
This is the fourth time Governor Little has deployed ISP troopers to the southern border.
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