Border state law enforcement to shoot down 'weaponized' drug-smuggling drones

A newly-minted law allowing Arizona law enforcement officers to shoot down drug-carrying drones along the U.S.-Mexico border has taken effect after sailing through the state’s legislature with bipartisan support. 

HB 2733 was signed into law on April 18 and grants officers the ability to target drones suspected of carrying out illegal activity within 15 miles of the state’s international border. 

"Cartels are increasingly using drones to survey the border to locate [U.S. Customs and...