The following report is based on documents submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police for dissemination to police commanders throughout the nation.

Significant drug and weapons seizures by the Tucson-based, multi-agency Border Enforcement Security Task Force or BEST, are on the rise, a trend Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials attribute to heightened cooperation and information sharing fostered by the investigative task force among law enforcement agencies in southern Arizona and Mexico.

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