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CBP Field Operations at Laredo Field Office Ports of Entry Seizes $12.1 Million in Narcotics, Arrests 80+ fugitives while facilitating Christmas Holiday Traffic

01/08/2018 05:32 PM EST

LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations maintained a robust border security focus, seizing $12.1 million in narcotics, arresting over 80 fugitives while facilitating significant volumes of Christmas and New...

Border Patrol Canine Finds Heroin at Immigration Checkpoint

01/08/2018 05:16 PM EST

YUMA, Ariz. – Border Patrol agents working with a canine at the Interstate 8 immigration checkpoint east of Yuma arrested a Mexican woman Saturday after finding more than 5 pounds of heroin, worth almost $90,000, strapped around her waist. Agents...

Border Patrol Discovers Meth Strapped to Girl’s Torso

01/08/2018 03:28 PM EST

NILAND, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 111 checkpoint arrested a 14-year-old girl suspected of smuggling methamphetamine Saturday afternoon.   The incident occurred at approximately 12:30 p.m., when the girl...

Philadelphia CBP Bags Largest Cocaine Load in 10 Years

01/08/2018 02:21 PM EST

PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers from the Area Port of Philadelphia recently seized the largest local cocaine load in 10 years when they discovered 709 pounds concealed inside cabinets that was shipped from Puerto...