All Entries Tagged With: "Calexico"
Rail Car Busted with $ 9 Million of Marijuana Stashed Under Debris
Calexico, Calif. – / N2N / – On Friday, June 4, at about 4:30 p.m., a commercial train coming from Mexico entered the Calexico downtown port of entry for inspection. Officers with the port’s Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team screened the rail cars with an x-ray imaging system that detected anomalies with the gondola’s contents. Packages [...]
Port Officers Find Cocaine Hidden in VW Beetle
- / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Calexico downtown port of entry discovered 40 pounds of cocaine hidden inside the spare tire and rear tire wells of a blue 2000 Volkswagen Beetle. The incident occurred on Wednesday, January 27, at about 10 a.m. when a CBP officer conducting [...]
3 Tons of Marijuana Siezed with Cargo Shipment
Calexico, Calif. – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico East port cargo facility discovered more than 6,000 pounds of marijuana co-mingled with a shipment of door locks after it entered the country from Mexico, officials announced today. On Friday, November 27, at about 7 p.m., a 30-year-old Mexicali [...]
Calexico Port Officers Make 2 Cocaine Busts
Calexico, Calif. – / N2N / – In two days, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico ports of entry seized more than a half million dollars worth of cocaine in two separate and unrelated seizures. On Thursday, November 5, at about 4:30 a.m., at the Calexico downtown port, CBP officers arrested a [...]
CBP Arrests U.S. Citizens for Narcotic Smuggling at Calexico
Calexico, Calif. – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico ports of entry seized more than $1.1 million in methamphetamine, cocaine, hashish and marijuana on Monday and Tuesday of this week. Three United States citizens were arrested in connection with the failed smuggling attempts, officials announced today. The interceptions [...]
Border Patrol Agents Arrest Sex Offender
Calexico, Calif. – N2N – Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector arrested an aggravated felon convicted of a prior sexual offense in downtown Calexico, Calif. On October 15, at approximately 8 p.m.., Border Patrol agents from the Calexico Station arrested a male Mexican national after he crossed illegally into the United States. The subject [...]
CBP Cargo Officers Stop Drugs from Entering Southern California
San Diego — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa, Calif. cargo port yesterday intercepted 624 pounds of marijuana in two separate incidents. The largest seizure occurred yesterday at about 9:15 a.m. after officers discovered an anomaly in the X-ray image of a 1984 Kenworth tractor pulling an empty trailer. The primary [...]
