Powerful scanners to spot drugs, weapons at the border are stuck in storage or inoperable, watchdog says

Powerful scanners to spot drugs, weapons at the border are stuck in storage or inoperable, watchdog says

Expensive scanning technology meant to flag contraband at the U.S. border hasn’t been fully deployed, the Department of Homeland Security inspector general found, compromising the federal government’s ability to seize fentanyl, weapons and other illicit items.  In a report focused on Customs and Border Protection detection technologies at U.S. ports of entry, DHS OIG discovered several problems with the agency’s deployment of powerful sensors us…