NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at the Port of New Orleans ordered the removal of a vessel due to invasive insects found in the wood used to...
OCOTILLO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued eight undocumented individuals in separate events over the weekend in the Jacumba Wilderness region. The first incident occurred Saturday afternoon, at about 4:30 p.m., when...
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents rescued a stranded migrant in the Baboquivari Mountains southwest of Tucson, Monday afternoon.On board a U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations Blackhawk helicopter,...
DEMING, N.M. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air Marine Operations aircrew helped Mesilla Valley Rescue and New Mexico Search and Rescue locate and aid a stranded hiker Monday in the Gila National Forest in Southeastern, New Mexico.The hiker,...
PHILADELPHIA — On July 26, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the port of Philadelphia found five stowaways hiding on board while conducting an enforcement search on a container ship.When the merchant vessel AS PETRA, arriving from Rio...
MISSION, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Anzalduas International Bridge intercepted $1,577,000 worth of alleged methamphetamine that was hidden within a vehicle arriving from Mexico.“This is a...
MISSION, Texas-EE.UU. Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza, Operaciones Aduaneras (OFO por sus siglas en inglés) En el Puente Internacional de Anzalduas interceptó $1,577,000 en presunta metanfetamina escondida dentro de un vehículo que llegaba desde...
DETROIT — Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Field Operations seized more than a ton of marijuana at the Fort Street Cargo Facility on Wednesday, July 21, for the second time in a month.The inbound tractor trailer was referred to the...
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Veterans International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged cocaine, hidden within a 2002 Ford Focus.“Our officers remain vigilant as they conduct their inspections and...
EDINBURG, Texas – McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents arrest two gang members and two criminal migrants convicted of sexual offenses.Friday evening, MCS agents apprehended a group of 75 migrants in Granjeno, Texas. During processing, criminal...
YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended two aggravated felons in separate incidents early Saturday morning.Just after midnight, an agent assigned to the Yuma station encountered a migrant who illegally crossed the international...
Border Patrol agents located meth bundles onThursday that were hidden in the bed of a pickup truck.SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents located more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside a pickup truck on Thursday...
On Wednesday, June 9, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee examined a package described in the paperwork by the shipper as “PLANT SUBSTRACT PREMIUM GRADE HORTI CULT." The shipment was...
On Tuesday, July 13, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee examined a package described in the paperwork by the shipper as “PHOTOS AND PAPER”. The shipment was sent from British...
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents disrupt three failed human smuggling attempts. Saturday morning, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents responded to suspected illegal activity in Mission, Texas. As agents...
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents identified a registered sex offender attempting to sponsor a 16-year-old migrant teenager. Saturday, McAllen Station Border Patrol agents working near McAllen, Texas, encountered...
Another off-duty law enforcement officer observed the situation and stepped in to assist the agent. With an agent and officer now present, the mancomplied with instructions, dropping his knife. SAN DIEGO—An off-duty U.S. Border Patrol (USBP)...
On Thursday, July 8, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee examined a package described in the paperwork by the shipper as “PLANNT SUBSTRAC PREMIUM GRADE OF HORTI." The shipment was...
OCOTILLO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued eight undocumented individuals in two separate incidents in the Jacumba Wilderness region. The first incident occurred last Thursday, at about 1:36 p.m., when El Centro...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection has modified a Withhold Release Order on imports of carpets and hand-knotted products from Nepal. Effective July 23, 2021, carpets and hand-knotted wool products produced by the Nepalese company...
