06/21/2016
02:02 PM EDT
TUCSON,
Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two U.S. citizens and
four Mexican nationals during weekend smuggling attempts at the Port of Nogales,
resulting in the seizure of nearly 145 pounds of drugs worth more than $155,000.
A...
06/22/2016
01:05 PM EDT
TUCSON,
Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of
Entry in Douglas, Arizona arrested a man from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, in
connection with a failed attempt to smuggle nearly 319 pounds of marijuana
into...
06/17/2016
02:17 PM EDT
YUMA,
Ariz. – Over a four-day period beginning Monday, drug seizures increased
significantly at and around immigration checkpoints in Yuma Sector. More than
100 pounds of narcotics, with an estimated value of more than one million
dollars
06/22/2016
05:19 PM ED
BROWNSVILLE,
Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Gateway
International Bridge seized a load of alleged cocaine hidden within a silver
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee. “This seizure exemplifies our CBP officers’ commitment
to...
06/22/2016
09:27 AM EDT
HIDALGO,
Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at
the Hidalgo International Bridge arrested a man after seizing almost 300 pounds
of alleged marijuana hidden within a van arriving from Mexico. "These drugs
will...
06/20/2016
10:37 AM EDT
DONNA,
Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at
the Donna International Bridge intercepted 101 pounds of alleged marijuana from
two female Mexican citizens as they attempted to enter into the U.S. from
Mexico. “...Significant
Seizure Caught at Border Patrol Checkpoint
06/17/2016
06:33 PM EDT
LAREDO,
Texas – On June 16, 2016, Border Patrol agents from the Laredo Sector Border
Patrol thwarted an attempt to smuggle drugs at the Interstate Highway 35
Checkpoint. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Border Patrol Checkpoint on
Interstate...
Agents
Discover more than $500K of Narcotics Stashed in Car06/20/2016
02:30 PM EDT
SALTON
CITY, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio
Station Highway 86 checkpoint arrested a man suspected of smuggling more than
half-a-million dollars of drugs after they discovered packages of
methamphetamine and...
06/20/2016
06:48 PM EDT
SAN
DIEGO — U.S Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Otay Mesa
cargo export facility on Thursday discovered 7,276 pounds of marijuana hidden
inside of a metal tanker, worth almost $4 million. “My officers remain ever
vigilant as...
06/20/2016
06:34 PM EDTOTAY
MESA, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa
cargo port of entry Saturday seized 577 large packages of marijuana hidden in a
cargo shipment manifested as “red stone." “My officers not only need to enforce
typical...
06/20/2016
05:59 PM EDT
CALEXICO,
Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico East port
of entry on Wednesday arrested an illegal alien after discovering 119 pounds of
methamphetamine concealed inside the tires of the pickup truck he was driving...
06/22/2016
04:59 PM EDT
PINE
VALLEY, Calif.—U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Interstate 8 checkpoint arrested
two men on Tuesday, just hours apart, who had narcotics inside their vehicles.
At about 7:45 a.m., a 49-year-old male Mexican national approached the I-8...
06/21/2016
09:38 AM EDT
OGDENSBURG,
N.Y. — Brett Thomas, 32, of Parish, N.Y., was charged on June 14 with marijuana
possession allegations after U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Ogdensburg,
N.Y., Station arrested Thomas near Waddington, NY., on June 9. Thomas is
being...
