Whatcom County Heroin

“A pound a week” of heroin gets past the US Dept. of Homeland Security and into Whatcom County:

Sheriff: Drug-dealing Ferndale couple moved ‘pound a week’ of heroin into Whatcom County

As always- the big law enforcement success story comes with zero reporting or questions from newspeople about why the proud War on Terror is unable to keep heroin out of the US.

Heroin traffickers continue to say FU to passports, enhanced driver’s licenses, Real ID & all other post-911 efforts designed to keep terrorists out of the US.

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Enhanced ID has been required to cross into the US since 2009.

If it works to keep bad guys out- how are cartels moving heroin into the Puget Sound area in 2015?

Newspeople,

Please update us on the role the US Dept. of Homeland Security plays in keeping heroin out of the Puget Sound area.

Local LE agencies are proud of the work they do.

The DEA tells us it’s a big job: “Doug James, the Drug Enforcement Administration special agent in charge of the Seattle division, said the Mexican drug cartels are supplying the heroin. James said western Washington might as well be the backyard for three Mexican drug cartels. He said they grow the poppy and process it into heroin in Mexico, then they zip it right up I-5 using smartphone apps to communicate.”

What do local DHS officials have to say about all this?