ALIEN MIGRANT INTERDICTION OPERATION
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Dutch Harbor, AK (Sept. 6)--Coast Guard, INS, FBI and other agency investigators move into position to open a cargo container suspected of housing Chinese migrants smuggled into the United States as dock workers place it on rolling supports. The containerwas moved inside the sheltered area to allow law enforcement officers a secure area in which to open the container. The container was aboard the motor vessel Manoa en route Los Angeles when crewmembers reported hearing tapping eminating from the container. When federal and local law enforcement representatives opened the container they discovered more than 50,000 pounds of human hair in boxes inside the container. USCG photo by PAC Marshalena Delaney
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