In an effort to combat illicit drugs — namely fentanyl — from being smuggled into California from Mexico, Gov. Gavin Newsom will increase the number of California National Guard members.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is cranking up the number of California National Guard members stationed along the border to stem a troubling tide of smuggled drugs — particularly fentanyl — from Mexico.
The added CalGuard members will also help US Customs and Border Patrol agents with X-rays and secondary inspections of vehicles crossing the border, according to Newsom’s statement. Officials believe about 65% of the narcotics supply in the US enters the country over the California border, according to Maj. Gen. Matthew Beevers of the California Military Department,At a Wednesday news conference, Beevers hailed CalGuard for having “some extraordinary successful operations in this last year.”
The anti-narcotics program gets $26 million from the federal government and $15 million from the state budget — a massive $41 million tally that’s put toward the drug crisis.
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