AMO Agent Leads Rescue of a Girl from Flash Flood in El Yunque National Forest
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FAJARDO, Puerto Rico – An off duty CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Marine Interdiction agent (MIA) led the rescue of a young girl swept up by a flash flood in one of the river streams of the “El Yunque” National Forest Saturday. “The training...
CBP Officers Seize Hard Drugs at Port of San Luis
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TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers arrested a U.S. citizen for an alleged attempt to smuggle a combination of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine through the Port of San Luis Thursday. Thursday...
CBP Officers Shutdown Smuggling Attempt on Methamphetamine Worth Over $6.6 Million at the Laredo Port of Entry
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LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers intercepted a significant amount of hard narcotics with an estimated street value of more than $6.6 million in one enforcement action at World Trade...
Border Patrol Discovers 31 Individuals Inside a Tractor-Trailer
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LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents on Wednesday evening discovered 31 individuals in a smuggling attempt at the immigration checkpoint on Interstate Highway 35 north of Laredo, Texas. The incident occurred on July 17, when agents...
Nogales CBP Officers Seize $763K Worth of Hard Drugs
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TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers at the Port of Nogales seized 58 pounds of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and prescription pills on Thursday. Officers at the Dennis DeConcini Crossing...
Yuma Sector Seizes Nearly $230K in Methamphetamine
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YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents working at an immigration checkpoint seized almost 100 pounds of methamphetamine and made one arrest on Friday afternoon. At approximately 3:00 p.m., Wellton Station agents working the Interstate 8...
Busy Weekend for CBP Officers at the Champlain Port of Entry
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CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Champlain had a busy weekend at the border that led to seven narcotic seizures involving marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) products totaling just over 169...
Border Patrol Takes Down 91 Pounds of Meth
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SALTON CITY, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint arrested a woman suspected of smuggling methamphetamine on Friday morning. The incident occurred at approximately 9:10 a.m., when a 47-...
Off-Duty CBP Marine Interdiction Agent, First to Respond to Roll-Over Accident on Florida Highway
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An off-duty Air and Marine Operations agent was the first torespond to a vehicle accident near Sebastian, Florida.SEBASTIAN, Fla. — An off-duty CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agent was the first to respond to a roll-over accident that had just...
CBP NOLA Officers Seize $2.6 Million in Counterfeit Designer Bracelets
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Officers assigned to CBP New Orleansseized their largest jewelry shipmentthis year.NEW ORLEANS — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in New Orleans seized 180 pieces of counterfeit Cartier jewelry Thursday from a shipment coming from...