Anti-Drug Effort Beefed Up Along Canada Border

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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - The world's longest undefended border. It's a catchy yet increasingly imprecise term for the U.S.-Canada frontier, as authorities on both sides ratchet up efforts to curb bustling traffic in illegal drugs and guns.

The U.S. Border Patrol has tripled the number of agents along the 5,500-mile border in recent years, with hundreds more soon to be deployed. Unmanned U.S. surveillance aircraft are being tested for use over the frontier, and video surveillance towers are going up around Buffalo and Detroit. Multiagency, binational law enforcement teams operate in 15 regions from coast to coast.

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Anti-Drug Effort Beefed Up Along Canada Border

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