THE BORDER NEEDS MORE X-RAY SCREENING, NOT LESS Regarding ''This drug hunter bruises the fruit'' (Up Front, June 8), the large X-ray cargo screening machines in use along the border have resulted in the significant capture of illegal drugs. The largest cocaine seizure in three years, two tons of cocaine worth over $200 million dollars, was seized at the U.S.-Mexico border using mobile X-ray detection equipment from American Science & Engineering Inc. The truth is that more--not less--deployment of X-ray inspection technology on the border, combined with every other available means of detecting illegal drugs, will help protect us from this epidemic. Ralph S. Sheridan President and Chief Executive Officer AS&E Billerica, Mass.

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