02/01/2016
02:36 PM EST
TUCSON,
Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the DeConcini crossing
selected a Chevrolet SUV, driven by Martin Ocano, 51, of Nogales, Ariz., for a
secondary inspection and found more than 26 pounds of cocaine worth $276,000.
After...
01/29/2016
05:38 PM EST
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations officers seized 74 pounds of
marijuana on Thursday, worth an estimated $37,000, hidden in the fuel tank of a
vehicle attempting to enter the United States through Arizona’s Port of
Lukeville....
01/29/2016
05:20 PM EST
TUCSON,
Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 29-year-old
Mexican man Wednesday, for an alleged attempt to smuggle 80 pounds of marijuana
through the Port of Naco. Officers selected Hugo Cancio-Nevarez, of Benjamin
Hill,...
01/29/2016
05:03 PM EST
TUCSON,
Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of
Entry arrested a Douglas man and a Mexican national Thursday for separate
alleged attempts to smuggle nearly 472 pounds of marijuana worth a combined
$235,000....
01/26/2016 01:38 PM EST
TUCSON, Ariz. – Tucson Sector Border Patrol
agents seized approximately 20 pounds of methamphetamine Thursday worth an
estimated $918,500. Agents assigned to the Interstate
19 checkpoint outside of Nogales, Arizona, made the seizure after a...
01/26/2016 01:18 PM EST
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection
officers arrested one U.S. citizen and two Mexican nationals for alleged
attempts to smuggle almost 80 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine through the
Port of Nogales during the weekend. Officers at...
01/27/2016 05:36 PM EST
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection
officers arrested a Nogales, Ariz., woman allegedly involved in a smuggling
attempt at the Port of Nogales early today, resulting in the seizure of nearly
39 pounds of methamphetamine. Officers at the...
01/27/2016 05:30 PM
EST
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection
officers at the Port of Douglas (Raul Hector Castro POE) arrested a Mexican
national Tuesday for an alleged attempt to smuggle more than 226 pounds of
marijuana worth approximately $113,000. Officers...
01/26/2016 02:29 PM EST
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection
officers arrested three Arizonans and one Mexican national for alleged attempts
to smuggle more than 597 pounds of marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine
through the Port of Nogales this week. Officers at...
01/27/2016 11:07 AM EST
EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border
Protection officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry seized a large amount of
undeclared U.S. currency recently. Shortly before 8 p.m., Jan. 22, CBP officers
at Eagle Pass Bridge I inspected a southbound...
01/26/2016 04:28 PM EST
EDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents
rescued 11 illegal immigrants over the past weekend, whose lives were placed in
danger due to the dangerous tactics used by human smugglers. The rescues
occurred in multiple incidents at the Falfurrias and...
01/25/2016 02:44 PM EST
PRESIDIO, Texas -- U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at the Presidio port of
entry seized 137 pounds of marijuana Saturday evening. The narcotics were found
in the fuel tank of a 2001 Toyota Sequoia. The...
01/27/2016 03:49 PM EST
MIAMI – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field
Operations (OFO) officers working at Miami International Airport (MIA) arrested
a passenger smuggling approximately 4.4 pounds of heroin. The passenger
was arriving on a flight from..
01/28/2016 12:22 PM EST
DETROIT— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of
Field Operations (OFO) officers at the Fort Street Cargo Facility in Detroit
seized more than 76 pounds of marijuana Wednesday, and arrested a truck driver
who was a member of CBP’s Free...
01/25/2016 12:55 PM EST
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico —Field Operations Officers from U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized Sunday 11 Kilograms (24 pounds) of
cocaine at the M/S Jewel of the Seas. The contraband was found by CBP
officers during a cabin inspection upon...
