All Entries Tagged With: "smuggler"
Marijuana Hidden in Semi Among Auto Parts Cargo
Del Rio, Texas – / N2N / – Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station seized more than 800 pounds of marijuana being smuggled in a tractor-trailer Thursday morning. Agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station unload 829 pounds of marijuana from an 18-wheeler following inspection at a U.S. Border Patrol [...]
CBP Seizes 1000 Pounds of Marijuana Near Graveyard
Tucson, Ariz. – / N2N / – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Sonoita Station seized 1,060 pounds of marijuana near a cemetery. A canine team assisted with discovering the 21 bundles of marijuana hidden among some brush. The value of the marijuana is approximately $848,000. Border Patrol agents have been extremely effective at stopping [...]
Smugglers Vehicle Ends Up in Rio Grande
Weslaco, Texas – / N2N / – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Weslaco station seized 962 pounds of marijuana Tuesday. Agents on patrol south of Donna, Texas, observed a suspicious pick-up truck traveling north from the Rio Grande at a high rate of speed. When the driver spotted agents approaching he made a [...]
Border Patrol Seizes ATV Loaded with Marijuana
Rio Grande City, Texas – / N2N / – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande City station seized 577 pounds of marijuana Thursday night. Border Patrol agents on patrol near La Casita, Texas, observed an all terrain vehicle drive south toward the Rio Grande without the use of headlights. When the ATV [...]
Teenagers Busted for Smuggling Pot in Purses
Douglas, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped a drug smuggling attempt when they seized two purses. Each purse contained about two pounds of marijuana. On November 17 at about 6:30 p.m. CBP officers at the Douglas port of entry were screening travelers when they came in contact with two U.S. citizen girls. [...]
Drugs Siezed in Commercial Shipments of Produce, Floor Tile
Rio Grande City/Pharr, Texas – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Rio Grande City commercial cargo facility seized approximately 1,725 pounds of marijuana while officers at the Pharr commercial cargo facility seized close to 505 pounds of cocaine. The combined estimated street value of the drugs seized is [...]
CBP Seizes More $4 Million in Drugs
Lukeville, Ariz. – / N2N / – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Lukeville port of entry stopped a smuggling attempt of marijuana valued at more than $4 million and arrested two. The notable seizure occurred Monday, November 16, at the Lukeville port of entry. CBP officers conducting routine checks of travelers entering the [...]
CBP Busts Woman with Marijuana Taped to Legs
El Paso, Texas – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the El Paso port of entry made a 6.51 pound marijuana seizure yesterday evening. The drugs were strapped to the body of a female border crosser. The seizure was one of 15 drug busts CBP officers made this week [...]
Border Patrol Seizes 10 Tons of Marijuana in Texas
Edinburg, Texas – / N2N / – Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector, which consists of nine stations, have made numerous unrelated marijuana seizures since last Friday, Nov. 6. The seizures occurred in areas along the Rio Grande and north to the checkpoints on Highway 281 and Highway 77. The Rio [...]
Technology Helps Thwart Marijuana Smuggling Attempt
Wellton, Ariz. – / N2N / – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellton, Ariz. station seized $360,000 worth of marijuana today while tracking suspected drug smugglers in a desolate area of southwest Arizona. Border Patrol agents operating a Mobile Surveillance System ground-based radar unit detected a group of 11 individuals traveling north from [...]
Smugglers Breach Fence, Abandon Vehicles
Yuma, Ariz. – / N2N / – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Station seized two vehicles and more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana in a remote area of southwest Arizona early Saturday morning. At approximately 4:30 a.m., Border Patrol agents detected the illegal entry of two vehicles approximately 13 miles east of the [...]
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 [...]
Border Patrol Agents Arrest Smuggling Suspect
Mission Viejo, Calif. -N2N- — U.S. Border Patrol agents seized thirty bundles of marijuana with an estimated street value of $503,712 yesterday afternoon during a vehicle stop on Interstate 5 in Orange County. Border Patrol agents stopped a suspected smuggling vehicle near the Oso Parkway exit in Mission Viejo. When the agents approached the vehicle [...]
