Last year, nearly 1,500 Arizonans died from opioid-related overdoses. Many of them came from fentanyl supplied by cartels.

State lawmakers are looking to immunize police officers who disable drones they suspect are being used for drug smuggling. Or, as Attorney General Kris Mayes put it Monday,

Attorney General Kris Mayes and other Arizona leaders held a news conference on Feb. 17 to discuss HB2733, which would provide immunity to law enforcement when intercepting drones engaged in drug smuggling and other crimes near the southern border.

ARIZONA, USA — Arizona lawmakers are pushing for a new bill that would let police shoot down suspicious drones at the Arizona-Mexico border. The bill comes as law enforcement faces a rise in drones being used to smuggle drugs like fentanyl into the state — a high-tech approach that lets criminals dodge border checkpoints.

Arizona law enforcement are hoping to ramp up the fight against drug cartels, and a bill at the state legislature aims to give them more powers to do so.