Thread: April 2010 C.B.P. News Releases

April 2010 C.B.P. News Releases

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- April 30 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize more than $1.3 Million in Cocaine at Highway 86 Checkpoint

- April 30 El Centro Border Patrol Agents Capture Three Sex Offenders in One Day

- April 30 CBP Money Dog Stops Currency Smuggling Attempt at Douglas Port

- April 30 Time-Proven Skills Yield More Than 1,400 Pounds of Pot

- April 30 CBP in San Diego Seizes More Than $100,000 in Undeclared Cash Headed Into Mexico

- April 30 CBP Seizes Endangered and Protected Animal Parts in Household Goods

- April 30 CBP at JFK Arrests Woman for Re-entry after Deportation

- April 29 Douglas CBP Officers Seize Freeze Dried Marijuana

- April 29 Del Rio Border Patrol Agents Seize Marijuana

- April 29 Scobey Border Patrol Station Holds Merit Badge Event for Boy Scouts

- April 29 CBP Officers at the Lukeville POE Seize Over $4 Million Worth of Drugs - Marijuana and Cocaine Seized

- April 29 Murderer of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Sentenced

- April 29 Dulles CBP Makes 'New' Insect Pest Discovery - Miridade Hitchiker Arrives on Kenyan and Netherlands Callas

- April 29 CBP Buffalo Field Operations Make 2 Significant Arrests

- April 28 CBP Officers at Hidalgo and Pharr International Bridges Seize $1.6 Million in Methamphetamine, Cocaine

- April 28 Coordination Along the Border Yields Large Apprehension

- April 28 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Participate for a Good Cause

- April 28 Indio Border Patrol Agents Arrest Gang Member Who is a Convicted Sex Offender

- April 28 CBP Officers Make Eight Drug Seizures on a Busy Tuesday

- April 28 CBP Seizes Khat at DHL

- April 28 CBP at Newark Discovers Bottles of Liquid Cocaine Disguised as Rum

- April 28 CBP Officers at New York Border Arrest Impostor

- April 28 2 Nigerians Arrested in Baltimore for Alleged Currency Smuggling - CBP Officers Seized $121,600 the Couple Failed to Declare at BWI

- April 27 U.S. Border Patrol Arrests Aggravated Felon with Long Criminal History

- April 27 Eagle Pass North Agent Arrests Convicted Sex Offender - Twice-Deported Salvadoran Runs Afoul of Vigilant Patrol

- April 27 Eagle Pass Border Patrol Seizes Marijuana, Arrest 4

- April 27 March CBP Enforcement Activities at the International Bridge

- April 27 Border Patrol Agents Deter Smugglers in Texas River

- April 27 CBP in Savannah Seizes DVD Players and Flat Screen TV's

- April 26 El Centro Border Patrol Agents Arrest Convicted Sex Offender

- April 26 CBP Officers Discover Trunk Load of Marijuana

- April 26 Smuggler Abandons Nearly Half Ton of Marijuana

- April 26 CBP Urges Travelers to Declare All Items Acquired Outside United States - Many Popular Grocery Items Admissible but Still Subject to Inspection

- April 26 CBP Officers Seize $65,500 in Marijuana At Brownsville Port of Entry

- April 26 Smugglers Abandon Marijuana on Banks of Rio Grande

- April 26 Undeclared Medication Results in Heavy Fines

- April 26 Otay Mesa Port Agriculture Specialists Receive Major CBP Award

- April 26 U.S. Border Patrol Finds Marijuana in Hidden Compartments - Checkpoints Prove Effective at Intercepting Illegal Drugs

- April 24 9,000 Ecstasy Pills Seized at Ambassador Bridge

- April 24 $729,000 Worth of Marijuana Discovered In Mattress

- April 24 CBP Officers Discover Marijuana in Truck’s Floor Boards

- April 24 NEXUS Membership Revoked for Immigration Violator

- April 23 Hit and Run Suspect Caught at Nogales Port of Entry

- April 23 CBP Officers and Border Patrol Agents Seize U.S. Currency During an Outbound Enforcement Operation

- April 23 Agriculture Council Meets in San Diego, Tours CBP Facilities

- April 23 Border Patrol Agents Seize More than $9 Million Worth of Marijuana

- April 23 CBP Hosts Agricultural Open House at Texas State Technical College Student Center

- April 23 CBP Officers Seize Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry

- April 23 CBP Officers Seize Marijuana Hidden in Tires

- April 23 Brownsville CBP Officers Intercept Five for Alleged Violations of Immigration Law

- April 23 Del Rio Port of Entry Marks 40th Earth Day with New Plantings

- April 22 U.S. Border Patrol Arrests Criminal Alien and Others After Seizing Over 80 Pounds of Marijuana - Drugs Hidden Inside Vehicle Gas Tank and Spare Tire

- April 22 CBP in Los Angeles Intercepts Destructive Pest in Blueberries

- April 22 Los Angeles CBP Seizes More than $18 Million in Counterfeit Sunglasses - Louis Vuitton, Versace and Coach among the Counterfeit Trademarks

- April 22 CBP Officers Seize Marijuana at Brownsville Port of Entry

- April 22 Notice of New York Border Crossing Hours of Operation Change

- April 22 CBP Officers Seize $704,000 Worth of Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry

- April 22 CBP Arrests Fugitive in Vieques, P.R.

- April 22 CBP Arrests Aliens Traveling With Invalid or Fraudulent Documents

- April 22 CBP Officers Intercept Alleged Impostors at Hidalgo/Reynosa International Bridges - Travelers Using Entry Documents Belonging to Someone Else

- April 22 CBP in Savannah Seizes Counterfeit Disks

- April 21 Customs and Border Protection Officers Arrest Federal Fugitive

- April 21 Texas Border Patrol Agents Seize Crate of Roosters

- April 21 Border Patrol Agents Seize Contraband - Vehicle Stop Yields More Than 600 pounds of marijuana

- April 21 CBP Officers Seize Nearly Half Million Worth of Cocaine, Arrest Two at Brownsville POE

- April 21 Border Patrol in Arizona Seizes More than $4.5 Million in Marijuana

- April 21 CBP at Louisville UPS Facility Finds Marijuana in Variety of Household Items

- April 21 Dulles CBP Detects Alleged Salvadoran Impostor Using U.S. Passport - Passenger Charged with Federal Immigration Fraud

- April 21 Customs and Border Protection Officers Arrest Federal Fugitive

- April 21 Border Patrol Agents Discover Hidden Compartments - Checkpoints Remain Effective in Stemming Flow of Illegal Drugs

- April 21 Local CBP Employees were Recognized at the CBP Annual Award Ceremony - Personnel from Area Port of Pembina, N.D. lauded for efforts

- April 21 Document Requirements for Visitors to the International Peace Garden - Travel Advisory

- April 21 12 Cuban Aliens Rescued from Monito Island - Federal Authorities Complete Rescue, Transfer Aliens to Aguadilla

- April 20 San Ysidro Port of Entry CBP Officers Apprehend Homicide Suspect with Million Dollar Warrant

- April 20 CBP Catches Two Women on Fishing Boat with 382 Pounds of Marijuana

- April 20 CBP Officers at Pharr/Reynosa International Bridge Seize Methamphetamine Found Hidden in Pickup Truck

- April 20 CBP Officers Stop Illegal Exportation of Ammunition at Douglas Port of Entry

- April 20 CBP Officers Battle Fires and Personal Loss

- April 20 San Diego Woman Gives Birth to Baby Boy at San Ysidro Port of Entry

- April 19 CBP Seizes $1 Million Worth of Narcotics at Imperial Valley Ports of Entry this Weekend

- April 19 CBP Arrests Murder Suspect in Atlanta

- April 19 Willcox Station Makes 3 Weekend Seizures at Border Patrol Checkpoint

- April 19 CBP Officers Seize Nearly $2 Million in Cocaine, Heroin at Brownsville Port of Entry

- April 19 CBP Buffalo Field Operations Have Busy Weekend Making Several Significant Arrests

- April 19 Joint Maritime Enforcement Efforts Stops Smuggling Attempt - 2 Smugglers and 18 Illegal Aliens Arrested

- April 19 CBP Announces NEXUS Enrollment Center in Ontario, Canada - Site in Fort Frances to Accept FAST Applicants

- April 19 CBP Atlanta Arrests Sexual Offender

- April 16 Foot Prints Lead Agents to Stash of Marijuana

- April 16 Texas Border Patrol Recognizes ‘Head of the Class’ Recipients

- April 16 El Paso Reopens Student Pedestrian Lanes on Downtown Bridge

- April 15 Newark CBP Agriculture Specialists Interdict Fruit Fly in Peppers from Israel

- April 15 San Diego CBP Agents Thwart Fifth Maritime Smuggling Attempt in a Week

- April 15 CBP Fines German Traveler $300 for Smuggling Pork

- April 14 CBP Officers in Nogales Find 5 Tons of Marijuana in a Shipment of Watermelon - Also Intercept Close to $334,000 in Currency in Unrelated Incident

- April 14 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Arrest Three Felonious Gang Members

- April 13 CBP Officers Seize Undeclared Currency, Marijuana at Laredo Port of Entry

- April 13 Ocean Containerized Cargo Shipments Keep Seattle Seaport CBP Agriculture Specialists Busy

- April 13 CBP in Savannah “Tunesâ€

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