The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has told agents to inspect baggage belonging to Yemeni citizens for large sums of money, thermos bottles and night-vision goggles, a government official said Tuesday.
Agents were instructed to thoroughly search all baggage belonging to Yemenis entering and leaving the United States, the official said, according to AP.
A recent raid on an apartment where a number of Yemenis lived in the Northeast netted thermos bottles outfitted with wires and batteries, the official said.
An INS spokesman declined to say whether Yemenis were being subjected to more thorough searches, though he confirmed such searches do take place.
"We do at times conduct these heightened levels of inspection activities when provided intelligence or investigative information either that we've developed ourselves or that has provided to us," said Russ Bergeron, the spokesman. (Albawaba.com)
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