All Entries Tagged With: "Otay Mesa"
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 [...]
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. [...]
Truckload of Counterfeit DVD’s Seized at Border
Otay Mesa, Calif. – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials today announced the seizure of a single truckload containing more than 6,300 counterfeit DVDs last month at the Otay Mesa cargo export facility. At about 9 a.m. on February 11, a CBP officer processing trucks exporting cargo out of the United [...]
CBP Finds Ton of Marijuana Hidden in Banana Shipment
San Diego – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa cargo facility seized nearly a ton of marijuana Monday, hidden amongst a shipment of bananas. At about 2 p.m. February 1, a 40-year-old male Mexican truck driver applied to cross into the United States from Mexico driving a [...]
CBP Thwarts Wierd Smuggling Attempts
San Diego – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at ports of entry along the California/Mexico border work each day to secure the nation’s border and stop illegal activity. While well known for seizing narcotics and stopping people from illegally entering the United States, these officers are also responsible for enforcing [...]
CBP Arrests Texas Arson Suspect
San Ysidro – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa passenger ports of entry over the weekend arrested 16 wanted fugitives including a man wanted for arson by the Kennedale Police Department in Texas. Early Sunday morning at about 6 a.m., 34-year-old John Hummel entered [...]
CBP Finds Marijuana Inside Garden Hose Reels
Otay Mesa, Calif. – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa, Calif. passenger port of entry discovered 85 pounds of marijuana hidden inside two rolled up garden hoses in the back of a Ford F-150 pickup truck filled with landscaping tools. A garden hose reel opened to reveal [...]
CBP Seizes Almost 1,600 Pounds of Marijuana in Cargo Shipment
San Diego – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa cargo facility discovered 1,584 pounds of marijuana valued at $960,000 in a tractor trailer after it entered the country from Mexico. Yesterday afternoon at about 12:30 p.m., a 35-year-old Rosarito man entered the cargo port driving a 1997 [...]
CBP Adjusts Operating Hours to Accommodate Mexico/U.S. Daylight Saving Time Difference
San Diego – / – N2N – / U.S. Customs and Border Protection will adjust hours of operation at San Diego area border stations from October 25 until October 31 to accommodate the one-hour time difference when Baja California, Mexico changes their clocks ahead of the U.S. in the state of California. Both Mexico and [...]
CBP Stops More than $63,000 from Leaving California, Heading into Mexico
San Diego – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Wednesday stopped $63,197 in undeclared currency from leaving the United States. Officers conducting southbound inspections on the 905 freeway at the Otay Mesa port of entry stopped two cars with persons carrying undeclared cash. click for hi-res U.S. currency Officers stopped a white Toyota 4Runner, driven [...]
