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RCMP Creates Drone Corridor Along Part of U.S. Border in Bid to Boost Security
CANADA, AUG 11 – The RCMP's drone corridor covers multiple provinces and targets smuggling and drug trafficking as part of a $1.3 billion federal border security investment.
- As of March 7, 2025, the RCMP began deploying drones to monitor sections of the Canada-U.S. border in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba as part of a security trial.
- The corridor creation followed Ottawa's $1.3-billion pledge to boost border security and curb illegal activities like smuggling.
- Drones conduct patrols in trial zones across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, operating from the ground up to 500 feet above and covering an area extending nearly two kilometers inside the Canadian side of the border.
- The corridor allows normal flight but requests local pilots and operators to notify Mounties before entering, targeting activities including drug trafficking.
- This initiative increases RCMP presence with drones and helicopters and aims to strengthen border enforcement amid ongoing U.S. tariff concerns.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is establishing a drone corridor along part of the Canada-U.S. border to enhance security.
RCMP creates drone corridor along part of U.S. border in bid to boost security (Canada)
The RCMP is introducing a drone corridor along part of the Canada-U.S. border in an effort to boost security. Drones are to patrol the border in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in what the RCMP says is a trial. The force says the corridor has been established with help from Transport Canada and d...
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is putting in place a drone corridor along part of the Canada-U.S. border to enhance security. Drones will now patrol along the border in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba to test this technology. The RCMP states that the corridor has been established with the assistance of Transport Canada and that drone patrols will target illegal activities, including smuggling and drug trafficking. It states that the…
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