All Entries in the "U.S. CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION" Category
Marijuana Worth $1.2 Million in Trailer, Truck Tires & Rail Cars
San Diego, Calif. – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Cargo port of entry intercepted three narcotic smuggling attempts on Monday. The first seizure occurred at about 11:30 a.m., when a CBP officer referred a 26-year-old Mexican citizen driving a 1991 Freightliner Tractor to the secondary examination [...]
Marijuana Stashed in Big Rig’s Load of Spoiled Watermelons
Indio, Calif. – / N2N / – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio Station interdicted a marijuana smuggling attempt with an estimated value of nearly $140,000. At approximately 12:40 a.m., a tractor-trailer being driven by a Mexican citizen who was determined to be illegally present in the United States approached the [...]
750 Pounds of Marijuana Hidden in Semi’s Flatbed Trailer
Tucson, Ariz. – / N2N / – U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector seized more than 1,700 pounds of marijuana in two separate incidents Thursday. The drugs have an estimated value exceeding $1.3 million. A Nogales station Canine Team conducting checkpoint operations on Interstate 19 was alerted to a semi-truck with a flatbed [...]
44 Pounds of Marijuana Hidden in Vehicle Transport Trailer
El Paso, Texas – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Santa Teresa, N.M. port of entry made two marijuana seizures Wednesday, including one bust where the drugs were found concealed in the rails of a gooseneck vehicle hauler. “Smuggling organizations will use every imaginable concealment method to try [...]
CBP Seizes 20 Pounds of Ecstasy at Canadian Border
Buffalo, N.Y. – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations today announced the seizure of approximately 20 pounds of methylene-dioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), better known as the club-drug ‘Ecstasy.’ The seizure resulted in the arrest of a Canadian citizen. On July 25, CBP officers encountered Anthony Ighodaro, a 29-year-old Canadian citizen from Mississauga, [...]
CBP Siezes $1.5 Million in Drugs at U.S. – Mexico Border
Hidalgo, Texas – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Hidalgo International Bridge seized 44.5 pounds of cocaine and 9 pounds of methamphetamine in two separate and unrelated enforcement actions. The cocaine was valued at $1.4 million and the methamphetamine at $162,000. On July 24, 2010, CBP officers working [...]
23 Pounds of Methamphetamine Hidden in Speaker Box
San Clemente, Calif. — Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered 10 wrapped packages of methamphetamine inside a Nissan Frontier pick-up truck approximately one mile south of the I-5 checkpoint. At approximately 1 p.m., a 25-year-old male U.S citizen was arrested in connection with the seizure after agents encountered him with the Nissan parked on [...]
640 Pounds of Marijuana in Bobtail Truck’s Scrap Aluminum Cargo
San Diego – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers foiled a suspected smuggler’s attempt to bring 680 pounds of marijuana through the Otay Mesa cargo facility. Officers discovered the marijuana, valued at nearly $340,000, hidden inside large sacks holding aluminum scrap cans. At around 1:10 p.m., July 12, CBP officers encountered [...]
House Introduces Bill to Allow C-TPAT Certification for Non-Asset 3PL’s
Washington – / N2N / – Rep. William Owens [D-NY23] introduced H.R. 5619, which will allow many non-asset logistics companies to obtain Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Certification. The Safe Port Act, which was passed after the 911 terrorist attacks specifically included non-asset logistics providers involved in the international supply chain to be eligible for [...]
400 Pounds of Marijuana Hidden in Big Rig’s Tires
San Diego – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers continue to defeat drug smuggling attempts at the ports of entry along the California border with Mexico. Wednesday CBP officers uncovered nearly 400 pounds of marijuana valued at approximately $200,000 from the tires of a tractor trailer attempting to enter the country. [...]
