04/23/2018 05:16 PM EDT
PHARR, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field
Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge seized alleged cocaine
valued at $347,480. “I commend our frontline CBP officers on this interception
of hard narcotics. We are...
04/23/2018 05:18 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. –U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at
Arizona’s Port of Nogales apprehended a U.S. citizen involved in connection
with a failed attempt to smuggle almost $291,000 worth of methamphetamine and
heroin into the United States...
04/21/2018 07:16 PM EDT
LAREDO, Texas – Border Patrol agents continue disrupting the
flow of drugs into the United States resulting in the seizure of over $3.1
million dollars in narcotics in two separate events. On April 18, 2018, Border
Patrol agents seized 2.46 pounds...
04/21/2018 08:22 PM EDT
LAREDO, Texas – On April 20, 2018, Border Patrol
agents seized 294 pounds of marijuana at the Border Patrol Checkpoint on
Interstate Highway 35, north of Laredo, Texas. Agents encountered a Dodge Ram
truck at the primary inspection lane and referred...
04/20/2018 06:30 PM EDT
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
officers recently seized a significant amount of alleged crystal
methamphetamine with an estimated street value of more than $1.2 million in a
single enforcement action at the Del Rio Port of...
04/20/2018 06:09 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – Nogales Station Border Patrol agents arrested a
31-year-old Phoenix woman at the Interstate 19 Immigration Checkpoint Thursday
morning after discovering a half pound of heroin concealed on her body. Agents
at the I-19...
04/20/2018 05:59 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the
Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona, prevented a Mexican
national from smuggling over 190 pounds of marijuana into the United States
Thursday. Officers removed nearly 170...
04/20/2018 05:16 PM EDT
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the
Highway 57 immigration checkpoint in Eagle Pass seized 78.2 pounds of cocaine
worth $869,750 from a commercial bus Thursday. “Drug trafficking organizations
rely on profits from illicit...
