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New Helos Help USCG In War on Drugs The Coast Guard has announced new successes in the war on illegal drugs resulting from the use of Boeing-built MH-90 Enforcer armed helicopters. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater and Barry McCaffrey, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, joined Coast Guard Commandant James M. Loy in announcing the successful implementation of a new and previously classified program that has resulted in record seizures of illegal narcotics from smugglers operating in international waters in recent months. Operation New Frontier marked the Coast Guard's first use of armed aircraft in law enforcement since the 1920s. MH-90 helicopters recently have been used to interdict several high-speed "go-fast" boats of the type that have been regularly outrunning cutters since 1995. Until the beginning of New Frontier, armed interdiction was restricted to Coast Guard cutters and boats. |
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