All Entries Tagged With: "marijuana"
Hair Follicle Drug Testing for Trucking Industry
By Sandy Long – / N2N / – There has been a debate going on among trucking companies for several years over whether hair follicle drug testing should be adapted industry wide instead of the usual urine testing. Some companies such as Schneider and CREngland have adapted hair follicle testing as pre-employment and random testing [...]
CBP Seizes One Ton of Marijuana in Big Rig Load of Concrete Block
Del Rio, Texas – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Del Rio port of entry maintained their vigilance this week and seized more than a ton of marijuana hidden in a commercial truck. The seizure occurred on April 26 at the Del Rio International Bridge. A CBP officer referred [...]
783 Pounds of Marijuana in False Wall of Refrigerated Trailer
Calexico, Calif. – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Calexico cargo port of entry yesterday discovered 783 pounds of marijuana in a false front wall compartment of a refrigerated trailer pulled by a 2000 Freightliner tractor. The driver, a 53-year-old male Mexican citizen from Mexicali, and the tractor [...]
CBP Notifies C-TPAT Partners to Watch for Seasonal Spike in Marijuana Smuggling
- / N2N / – In an effort to enhance communication with the its members, C-TPAT routinely highlights security matters for the purpose of raising awareness and renewing partner vigilance regarding supply chain security. During the fall months, C-TPAT tends to see an increase in marijuana smuggling incidents from Mexico. Containers/trailers can be compromised at [...]
$4.5 Million Marijuana Seized from Big Rig & Rail Car
- / N2N / – Nogales, Ariz. — CBP officers working at the Port of Nogales made two significant marijuana seizures in the space of a couple of hours, stopping attempts at smuggling more than 5,340 pounds of marijuana into the country. “Every day, our officers and agriculture specialists are out on the line, looking [...]
Suspicious Big Rig Activity Tips Feds to Border Smuggling Tunnel
/ – N2N / – San Diego, Calif. – The San Diego Tunnel Task Force uncovered a sophisticated 600-yard underground cross-border tunnel yesterday. Approximately 30 tons of marijuana seized in the U.S. and Mexico have been linked to the tunnel. The tunnel is described as a crawlspace-sized passageway, connecting an Otay Mesa warehouse in the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Semi Container Stuffed with 5000 Pounds of Marijuana
Laredo, Texas – / N2N / - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo, Texas port of entry intercepted more than $5 million in marijuana Wednesday at the World Trade International Bridge. The seizure occurred when a CBP officer referred a 1998 International tractor pulling a 2000 Stick chassis with a container being [...]
