06/10/2016
01:08 PM EDT
TUCSON,
Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Mexican national June
8, after finding nearly $298,000 worth of heroin hidden in the vehicle he was
driving. Officers at the DeConcini crossingdiscovered multiple packages of...
06/02/2016
12:02 PM EDT
YUMA,
Ariz. – Entering the Memorial Day weekend, Border Patrol agents made significant
seizures in three separate events. Thursday, May 26, Blythe Station agents
encountered two U.S. citizens, both males, at a gas station in Ehrenberg. During
the...
06/07/2016
04:50 PM EDT
TUCSON,
Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a U.S. citizen and a
Mexican national from neighboring Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, during mix-load
smuggling attempts at the Area Ports of Nogales within two days of one another.
On June 4...
06/08/2016
05:06 PM EDT
TUCSON,
Ariz. – Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Nogales Station
arrested three United States citizens for smuggling methamphetamine and other
controlled substances at the I-19 checkpoint on June 6Agents referred the
vehicle for a...
06/08/2016
02:05 PM EDT
EAGLE
PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized alleged cocaine
valued at more than $300,000, within the center console of a vehicle at the
Eagle Pass Port of Entry. CBP officers retrieved 20 packages ofcocaine from
underneath...
06/07/2016
08:34 PM EDT
LAREDO,
Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized a noteworthy
amount of alleged cocaine during an enforcement action over the weekend.
Packages containing 34 pounds of cocaine seized by CBPofficers at Laredo Port of
Entry“...
RIO
GRANDE CITY, TEXAS – On Tuesday, Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Rio Grande
City Station seized over 3,000 pounds of marijuana near La Rosita, Texas. $2.4
Million of Marijuana seized by RioGrande City AgentsThe seizure occurred when...
06/09/2016
09:31 AM EDT
BROWNSVILLE,
Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Brownsville Port of
Entry recently intercepted two loads of alleged narcotics in one day at the
Gateway International Bridge. CBP officers discovered the alleged drugs,
carrying...
06/10/2016
02:11 PM EDT
PHARR,
Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at
the Pharr International Bridge arrested a woman, a United States citizen from
Coquimatlán, Colima, Mexico after discovering 2.08 kgs. (five pounds) of
alleged...
06/06/2016
03:25 PM EDT
EL
PASO, Texas -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations
officers working at El Paso area ports of entry made a dozen drug seizures this
weekend. CBP officers seized 634 pounds of marijuana in 11 enforcement actions
and less..
06/10/2016
12:52 PM EDT
SANTA
TERESA, NM -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations
officers working at the Santa Teresa port of entry seized 224 pounds of
marijuana June 8. The drugs were concealed within wooden tables in a shipment of
rustic...
06/07/2016
06:56 PM EDT
CALEXICO,
Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico East
commercial facility stopped an alleged smuggling attempt Monday after
discovering almost 2,500 pounds of marijuana concealed in the roof of a
commercial trailer. “...Philadelphia
CBP Stops Upper Darby Woman Carrying Canned Cocaine06/08/2016
11:31 AM EDTPHILADELPHIA
— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers detained an Upper Darby,
Pa., woman at Philadelphia International Airport on May 23 after officers
discovered cocaine concealed inside chocolate drink cans in her baggage.
The...
