RUTLAND, Vt. - An Air and Marine Operations aircrew piloting an AS350 A-Star and assigned out of the Plattsburgh, N.Y. Air Unit responded to a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) request for aerial surveillance during interagency search warrants of multiple residences suspected of being linked to drug and human trafficking activity
On October 22, during the HSI-led operation, Federal agents arrested one person and rescued three women who are suspected victims of human trafficking at one of the residences.
“The collaboration between CBP, HSI, and our law enforcement partners provided for a successful rescue of women being held against their will” said Jeremiah Rogers, Acting Director, Manassas Air Branch. “Our aircrews continuously partner with our federal and local law enforcement partners to provide an integral asset from the air.”
Prior to the implementation of the search warrant, law enforcement officers had developed information that women were being confined against their will at one of the residences. During the execution of the search warrant, Vermont state troopers and HSI special agents discovered evidence of potential human trafficking that included a suspicious padlocked apartment door and chain-link storage areas. The three women were discovered behind the padlocked door, evaluated by Emergency Medical Services, and were subsequently medically cleared.
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