Senator Chuck Schumer wants the Federal budget has allocated $5 million for large-scale modernization of security system of the largest air hub of the country. According to the politician, this will allow stop the smuggling of fentanyl through the international airport. John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy International Airport – JFK).
Attackers often use high workload of JFK and various ways forward from China and other countries a drug called «fentanyl». Photo: JFK
Chuck Schumer believes that this air port need in the near future to equip high-tech equipment that will allow you to identify dangerous opioid drug. The budget of the Ministry of internal security (Department of Homeland Security – DHS) allocated $16 million for technical modernization of this kind. The Senator wants a third of that amount was spent on refurbishment of JFK.
«Air hub JFK needs constant upgrades to keep pace with rapidly changing methods of traffickers. We need more dogs, staff, new infrastructure and modern equipment for detection to completely destroy the chain of supply of opioids,» said Chuck Schumer.
International airport. John Kennedy is a major transportation hub in the United States of America. Attackers often use high workload of JFK and various ways forward from China and other countries a drug called «fentanyl». It is a synthetic opioid, and of particular danger to the US population. Only 2 mg of this substance can kill a person.
In recent years, American authorities are trying to overcome the massive opioid crisis. One of the main sources of the spread of drug addiction is fentanyl. The main supplier of this substance is considered to be China, where there are whole factories for the production of synthetic opioid.
