Boston area company Viken Detection is providing Customs and Border Protection under-vehicle scanners at dozens of points of entry along the U.S. southern border.
almost died from inhaling fentanyl," he said. "You don't have to interact with these things. You could see it in the bumper. You could see it in the seat or the tire without drilling into things and using a screwdriver, which is typically how they did it. Now you can identify it, see what it is and then get it to a proper location and a safe location to extract the materials that you're looking for.
"We had to fight incredibly hard to get where we're at," he added. "If we want the best stuff at the border, the best technology, you really got to make things easier for small companies." Ryan said the funding has been enough to plan installations at about one-third of traffic lanes entering the country but that more are needed."There's more to go," he said. "CBP is in the process of implementing those solutions along the southern border.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent walks by cars lining up to cross the border at the San Ysidro port of entry, as seen from Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on Nov. 9, 2018.
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