06/12/2015
03:42 PM EDT
TUCSON,
Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a female Mexican
national and a male Mexican national on Wednesday for allegedly attempting to
smuggle more than $377,000-worth of heroin and methamphetamine through the Port
of Nogales...
06/11/2015
11:30 AM EDT
TUCSON,
Ariz. — A Phoenix man wanted on drug-related charges was apprehended Monday by
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Port of Lukeville.
Officers referred Ricardo Benavides Cristerna, 37, for additional questioning
when...
06/11/2015
11:23 AM EDT
CORPUS
CHRISTI, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine
agents working as part of Operation Martillo detected cocaine runs in five
separate incidents resulting in the interdiction of more than 5,900 pounds of
cocaine...
06/11/2015
12:00 PM EDT
DEL
RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the Del Rio Sector seized more
than 1,000 pounds of marijuana and 25 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value
of more than $1.6 million in four different incidents. “The men and women of
the...
06/12/2015
06:02 PM EDT
SALTON
CITY, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio
Station arrested a man suspected of drug smuggling at the Highway 86 checkpoint
after discovering packages of methamphetamine in his vehicle today. The
incident...
06/12/2015
12:28 PM EDT
BUFFALO,
N.Y. - Since the beginning of May, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers
at the Buffalo Field Office have seen an increase in firearm seizures at western
and upstate New York ports of entry. The Buffalo Field Office directs
operations...
06/12/2015
01:42 PM EDT
MIAMI
– U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO)
officers with the Miami Seaport Trade Enforcement Team (TET) seized 11,165
counterfeit watches with an MSRP value of $2,791,250. The watches were being
shipped from...
06/12/2015
06:10 PM EDT
PINE
VALLEY, Calif.—U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a male U.S. citizen at the
Interstate 8 checkpoint last night who had three Mexican nationals stashed
inside his car trunk. At approximately 7 p.m., Border Patrol agents at the Pine
Valley...
