U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Buffalo Sector’s Special Operations Detachment assisted New York State Police on Wednesday in the search for a missing hunter in western New York.
Agents responded to the state police command post near the area where the hunter was last seen in the woods. After receiving a briefing, Border Patrol launched a drone to support a state police K9 bloodhound team working to track the individual.
Once the bloodhound narrowed the search area to roughly the size of a football field, drone operators detected a human heat signature. Multiple agencies converged on the location. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, along with Border Patrol agents operating a Utility Terrain Vehicle, reached the individual and transported him back to the command post.
The hunter was treated by EMS and then taken to Olean General Hospital for further evaluation.
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