03/08/2016
06:17 PM EST
TUCSON,
Ariz. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations officers at
Arizona’s Port of Lukeville seized more than 111 pounds of marijuana, March 6,
worth an estimated $56,000, in a vehicle attempting to enter the United States.
Officers...
03/29/2016
05:53 PM EDT
TUCSON,
Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Mexican national on
March 24 for attempting to smuggle almost 52 pounds of methamphetamine through
the Dennis DeConcini crossing at the Port of Nogales. Officers inspecting
the...
03/08/2016
06:09 PM EST
TUCSON,
Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of
Entry arrested a Tucson resident Sunday for an alleged attempt to smuggle more
than 200 pounds of marijuana worth $106,000. Officers arrested a 32-year-old...
03/28/2016
01:21 PM EDT
TUCSON,
Ariz. – Border Patrol agents assigned to the Tucson Station seized two horses
carrying large packs of marijuana through the desert Sunday evening near Sasabe.
Agents operating detection and surveillance technology observed two individuals
on...
03/29/2016
04:09 PM EDT
HIDALGO,
Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at
the Hidalgo International Bridge intercepted two men attempting to smuggle
$1,600,000 worth of alleged methamphetamine and marijuana in separate,
unrelated...
03/29/2016
09:46 AM EDT
LAREDO,
TEXAS – On March 23, Border Patrol agents assigned to the Zapata Border Patrol
Station halted a drug-smuggling attempt. Border Patrol agents assigned to the
Zapata Station were patrolling near San Ygnacio, Texas when they came across
a...
03/08/2016
11:30 AM EST
PRESIDIO,
Texas -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers
working at the Presidio port of entry seized 108 pounds of marijuana Sunday
afternoon. The drugs were in a vehicle being driven by a 49-year-old U.S.
citizen..
03/30/2016
01:56 PM EDT
EL
PASO, Texas -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations
officers working at the El Paso port of entry made a 12.2 pound cocaine seizure
Tuesday. A 34-year-old female U.S. citizen from Albuquerque was taken into
custody. The...
03/31/2016
04:37 PM EDT
LAREDO,
Texas –U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at World Trade Bridge
literally floored it this week, seizing over half a ton of alleged marijuana in
a commercial shipment of mud floor tiles. “Once again our CBP officers at
World...
04/01/2016
11:16 AM EDT
RIO
GRANDE CITY, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field
Operations (OFO) at the Rio Grande City Port of Entry arrested a man from
Sullivan City, Texas after discovering $865,000 worth of alleged methamphetamine
and heroin within...
Binational
Efforts Result in a Massive Marijuana Seizure03/31/2016
04:48 PM EDT
LAREDO, Texas – On Saturday, March 25, 2016, U.S. Border Patrol agents from the
Zapata Station working with the Government of Mexico (GoM) yielded a large
narcotic seizure. At about 8:00 p.m., Zapata Border Patrol agents observed
several subjects...
03/08/2016
11:12 AM EST
JAMAICA,
N.Y. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized cocaine in an
un-manifested package at an express cargo facility at John F. Kennedy
International Airport. On February 23, CBP officers conducting enforcement
examinations at an...
03/08/2016
12:52 PM EST
MINNEAPOLIS—
On Friday March 4, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at the
Minneapolis-St. Paul airport seized more than 30 pounds of opium powder
discovered in a passenger’s luggage. While conducting examinations of
arriving...
03/30/2016
12:16 PM EDT
LORDSBURG,
New Mexico – On March 28, El Paso Sector Border Patrol Agents stopped two
separate drug smuggling episodes in the boot-heel area of southwestern New
Mexico and effectively removed 345 pounds of marijuana, valued at $276,720.
Early that...
