Thread: More meth being brought to state by illegal immigrants

Haven't seen this posted, but if it has, my apology:
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Posted at: 10/14/2007 06:11:32 PM
Updated at: 10/14/2007 10:18:19 PM

More meth being brought to state by illegal immigrants

The dirty, poor and dangerous side of Mexico is something most Minnesotans never see, but what comes from that part of the country is a growing problem in the upper Midwest.

Meth and other drugs are being made in Mexico and brought to small towns and the big cities of Minnesota, often by illegal immigrants.

"First, it’s clear that the predominant amount of illegal drugs in Minnesota is coming from the southwest border, specifically from Mexico," Gov. Tim Pawlenty said.

Four men from Mexico were arrested in an Austin, Minn. drug bust in August.

Police tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that the same scenario is playing out all across Minnesota on a growing basis.

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has obtained photos from some of the larger drug busts involving illegal immigrants from Mexico.

Investigators found a half of a pound of meth, a Tech-9 machine gun and 50 rounds of ammo in a car driven by illegal immigrants in Pine County.

A traffic stop in Freeborn County led to the arrest of an illegal immigrant from Mexico, who was traveling with an assault rifle and ammo. Investigators found cocaine and $115,000 hidden in the gas tank.

The list goes on and on… "We are inundated by the Mexican methamphetamine instead of the homegrown meth," said Mower County Sheriff Terese Amazi.

She said over the last few years, all of the homegrown meth labs have been eliminated in her county. In one of the county’s larger meth busts, she said the majority of the suspects were here illegally from Mexico.

In a routine traffic stop, if a trooper discovers that the person is here illegally, they won’t necessarily detain them. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS showed this ‘Catch and Release’ approach to law enforcement back in May.

Unless police have probable cause, they cannot look for drugs in the car or even send a K-9 unit to walk around the vehicle. Police tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that policies like these are allowing drugs to make it to Minnesota.

"The Minnesota Supreme Court has tied our hands," Amazi said. "Unless we have a reasonable suspicion that drugs are in that car, we cannot run a K-9 by it. It just blows my mind why we can’t do that."

Pawlenty concurs.

"Illegal immigration is part of that and we need to get tougher on that for sure," he said. "But we also just have to get tougher overall on interdicting these drugs being run by car and truck from Mexico."

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S225881.shtml?cat=5

This state needs our help now !!!

that the same scenario is playing out all across Minnesota on a growing basis

The MSM needs to report more on this.

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Call the Senate: NO AgJOBS or Dream Act Amnesties !