Operation Uniforce 8

Monday, January 28, 2008

Jackson, Miss. - The United States Border Patrol, in conjunction with other Federal, State, and Local law enforcement in direct support of the southwest border, conducted Operation Uniforce 8 over the past two weeks in Jackson, Miss. The operation was a multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional operation targeting over the road (OTR) smuggling of illegal aliens, to include narcotics originating on the southwest border.

Federal, state, and local agencies coordinated their current OTR interdiction operations to maximize law enforcement coverage on the I-20 Interstate corridor and the transportation nodes within the New Orleans Sector Primary Operational Domain (POD). This coordinated effort maximized the collection and dissemination of intelligence in order to enhance intelligence driven operations overall.

Previous Uniforce Operations have been successful in producing numerous arrests to include wanted fugitives, alien smugglers, and narcotics seizures. In this operation 404 illegal aliens were apprehended, one homicide suspect was captured, one kilogram of cocaine worth almost $80,000 and $7,052 U.S. currency was seized. The Border Patrol, in partnerships with other law enforcement agencies, will continue these operations in the future.