All Entries Tagged With: "U.S. Customs and Border Protection"
CBP Makes Major Drug Seizure in Cargo Container
- / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers started the New Year with its first major narcotics seizure, Monday, when it confiscated marijuana concealed in a sea cargo container. Customs and Border Protection officers, working seaport operations at the Bayport Terminal, examined the container and discovered more than 885 pounds of marijuana [...]
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 [...]
Which Came 1st – The Chicken or the Cocaine?
Sterling, VA – / N2N / – While philosophers continue to ponder the age-old question of whether the chicken or the egg came first, Customs and Border Protection officers at Dulles International Airport focused more on what exactly was inside the chicken. What they found, when they closely inspected a fully-cooked chicken early Saturday morning, [...]
CBP Apprehends Fugitive / Assault / Deadly Weapon
Pharr, Texas – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Pharr/Reynosa International Bridge apprehended a fugitive wanted by the state of Texas on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. On November 29, CBP officers working at the Pharr/Reynosa International Bridge came in contact with a male [...]
Maria Luisa O’Connell Visits Laredo Texas
Ms. O’Connell is Assistant Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Public Affairs – / N2N / – Just a few weeks ago, I had an opportunity to visit Laredo, Texas, my first trip there as Assistant Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Public Affairs, but not my first trip [...]
Detroit CBP Arrests Fugitives
Detroit – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stationed at the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit initiated five arrests for subjects wanted for a variety of issues from narcotics warrants to one wanted for burglary/forced entry. One was even caught with a small amount of marijuana in his possession. On Friday, November [...]
Los Angeles CPB Seizes Drug Paraphernalia
Los Angeles – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials at Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport complex seized 860 boxes of drug paraphernalia arriving from China in a sea container. The domestic value of the shipment is estimated to be more than $2.6 million. It is illegal to import, export or sale any [...]
Two Interesting Notes on the Import Front
- / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently announced that they have seized more than 3.4 million pieces of counterfeit party supplies. These products were from well known brands and had a retail value of over $4 million. It is clear that some of Customs Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) efforts are successful, [...]
CBP Seizes Fake Video Game Machines at Los Angeles Seaport
Los Angeles – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced today the seizure of a shipment containing 168 coin-operated video game machines for violating intellectual property rights. The shipment had a total domestic value of $138,000 and a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $672,000. CBP officers at the seaport at Los [...]
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 [...]
CBP Officers at El Paso Ports Apprehend 27 Fugitives
El Paso, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at ports of entry in El Paso, West Texas and New Mexico apprehended 27 wanted people this week. CBP officers also seized drugs, identified immigrations violations, and intercepted prohibited agricultural products during the previous seven days. “CBP officers remain thorough and vigilant in their [...]
CBP's Baldwin Calls for Global Partnership in Fight Against Counterfeit, Pirated Goods
Washington — Speaking at the 2009 International Law Enforcement IP Crime Conference, Daniel Baldwin, U.S. Customs and Border Protection assistant commissioner for international trade, stressed the importance of international partnership in reducing the growing threat from counterfeit and piratical merchandise. Baldwin said that global collaboration is what’s effective and what’s needed to attack the global [...]
