C.B.P. News Releases June 2012

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Texas News Releases

- June 29 CBP Reminds South Florida Boaters of Federal Reporting Requirements

- June 29 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Arrests Gang Member

- June 29 San Luis CBP Officers Arrest Woman for Smuggling Methamphetamine - Drugs valued at nearly $870,000

- June 29 CBP Officers at Laredo Port of Entry Seize $1.3 Million in Cocaine, $119,000 in Unreported Currency This Week

- June 29 CBP Officers Arrest Arizona Man on Outstanding Arrest Warrant - Wanted on Drug Charges

- June 28 Comstock CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Nab Man Wanted by INTERPOL

- June 27 Travel Advisory - Canada Day and U.S. Independence Day

- June 27 Tecate Border Crossing To Begin Nine-Week Ready Lane Pilot

- June 27 Brownsville Hosts First Joint CBP Explorer Academy

- June 27 Nogales CBP Officers Arrest Cocaine Smugglers - Narcotics worth more than $486,000

- June 27 Nogales CBP Officers Arrest Heroin Smuggler - Narcotics worth more than $101,000

- June 27 CBP Officers Stop Teen with Heroin Hidden Under Clothes

- June 26 U.S. CBP Border Patrol Seizes Nearly One Ton of Narcotics - Marijuana Intercepted in Pumpkin Shipment

- June 25 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Seizes 132 Pounds of Marijuana Dropped by Ultra-Light Aircraft

- June 25 CBP Officers at the Pharr International Bridge Arrest a Pharr Woman for Alien Smuggling - Two Imposters Arrested

- June 25 CBP Begins Clearing Flights at Bozeman Airport - Aircraft Originating Outside of U.S. May Land

- June 25 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Foil Cocaine and Meth Smuggling Attempts at San Diego Checkpoints

- June 25 Del Rio CBP Officers Seize Methamphetamine

- June 25 Multiple Desert Deaths Discovered by U.S. Border Patrol Agents Over the Weekend - Smugglers Continue to Leave People to Die

- June 22 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Thwart Two Narcotics Smuggling Attempts Totaling More Than $1 Million

- June 22 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Seize Over 300 Pounds of Marijuana

- June 22 Tucson Sector Week in Review - Desert Rescues, Deaths, Contraband

- June 22 CBP Personnel Assist CBIG Authorities In Puerto Rico In Removing Haitian Aliens From Mona Island

- June 22 U.S. Border Patrol In Tucson Puts Smuggler Back Behind Bars

- June 22 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Import Specialists and Officers Seize Counterfeit Jeans Valued at $193,800

- June 21 Buffalo Sector Border Patrol Agent Graduates From FBI National Academy Program

- June 21 CBP at Pharr Seizes Close to $200,000 in Methamphetamine, Reynosa Man Arrested

- June 21 More Than $2 Million in Hard Narcotics Seized at the Calexico Downtown Port in One Week

- June 21 U.S. Customs And Border Protection Officers in San Juan Arrest Fraudulent Passport Holder

- June 21 Border Patrol Agents Arrest Convicted Sex Offender

- June 21 CBP Officers Arrest Del Rio Man, Seize Marijuana

- June 20 San Diego CBP Officers Discover More Than 70 Pounds Of Liquid Cocaine

- June 20 New U.S. Customs and Border Protection Santa Teresa Port Director Introduced at Change of Command Ceremony

- June 19 San Luis CBP Officers Arrest Mexican National for Smuggling Cocaine - Drugs valued at more than $314,000

- June 19 Nogales CBP Officers Seize Nearly $2.5 Million Worth of Marijuana Disguised as Watermelon

- June 19 CBP Officers at LAX Unveil International Prostitution Ring - Three Charged in Eastern European Large Scale Prostitution Enterprise Probe

- June 18 Agriculture Specialists In Puerto Rico Report Another "First" Insect Discovery

- June 18 Border Patrol Agents Seize Marijuana, Arrest Four

- June 18 U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector, June 7–June 13

- June 16 Customs And Border Protection Officers Capture Edmonton Murder Fugitive At Washington Border

- June 15 CBP Officers Find U.S. Citizen Wanted for Murder Hidden in Trunk of Car

- June 15 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents In Southern Texas Rescue Migrant From Swift Water In Canal

- June 15 Customs and Border Protection at Rio Grande City Seizes $500,000 in Cocaine, Camargo Man Arrested

- June 15 CBP Officers at Del Rio Seize Marijuana Load

- June 14 Customs and Border Protection Officers working at Port of Miami Seize Counterfeit Merchandise

- June 14 Philly CBP Intercepts First Local Noctuid Moth - Only the Fourth Discovery Nationally of the Fruit and Vegetable Pest

- June 14 CBP Officers in Douglas, Ariz. Arrest Mexican National for Pot Smuggling

- June 14 CBP Officers in Nogales, Ariz. Arrest Man for Cocaine Smuggling

- June 14 Laredo North Agents Seize 1317 Pounds of Marijuana

- June 14 Customs and Border Protection Lifesaving Efforts on Increase in Remote Desert Locations

- June 13 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize $2.4M of Narcotics by Land and Sea

- June 13 Yuma Border Patrol Agents Seize Meth, Marijuana

- June 13 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Seizes $7.3 Million Worth of Cocaine at the Port of Miami

- June 13 San Luis CBP Officers Arrest Drug Smugglers

- June 13 San Luis CBP Officers Arrest Murder Suspect

- June 13 Nogales CBP Officers Arrest Cocaine/Meth Smugglers

- June 12 CBP Border Patrol Technology Disrupts Smuggling Efforts

- June 12 U.S. Border Patrol & Mexican Government Save Child - International Cooperation Pays Off

- June 11 Border Patrol Agents Save Lives of 7 People in Texas

- June 11 CBP Officers at I.V. Ports of Entry Intercept over $1 Million worth of Methamphetamines from Entering the U.S.

- June 11 San Juan CBP Nabs Wanted ID Fraud Conspirator - The individual was part of a large ID fraud conspiracy disrupted by ICE last January

- June 11 U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector May 31 – June 6

- June 08 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Rescues Illegal Alien in Distress

- June 08 St. Thomas CBP Nabs Two Wanted U.S. Citizens at Airport

- June 08 CBP Officers Catch Illegal Alien Wanted for Child Molestation

- June 08 CBP in Arizona Seize $1.1 Million in Narcotics

- June 08 Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize 1,010 Pounds of Marijuana

- June 08 Local Citizens Graduate From First CBP Citizens Academy in Detroit

- June 08 CBP and Yuma County Sheriff's Office Seize Abandoned Marijuana

- June 07 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Confiscate More Than $1.1 Million in Methamphetamine

- June 07 CBP Arrests Woman Attempting to Smuggle Boy into Arizona

- June 07 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Advise Travelers to Prepare for High Traffic Levels Related to Nik Wallenda Event

- June 07 Travel Advisory: Temporary Road Closure Near the Peace Arch Port of Entry on Sunday June 10

- June 07 CBP in STT Identifies Man with Outstanding Warrant

- June 06 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Seizes Methamphetamine Near Blythe

- June 06 Dulles CBP Detects First Local Insect Discovery

- June 06 Lead-Contaminated Children’s Shoes Seized at Seattle Waterfront

- June 06 Border Patrol Hauls in Pot Loads Valued in Excess of $1.6 Million

- June 05 Recovery Act-Funded Land Port of Entry Opens at Scobey

- June 05 CBP Officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge Arrest a Houston Woman with Liquid Methamphetamine

- June 05 Port Angeles CBP Assets Assist in Arrest of Murder Suspect

- June 05 Border Safety Initiative Kicks Off in El Paso, Texas - Campaign brings awareness to border dangers

- June 04 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize $204,000 in Methamphetamine at Gateway International Bridge

- June 01 U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector May 24 – May 30

- June 01 Customs and Border Protection at the Rio Grande City Port of Entry Seizes Over $1M Worth of Marijuana

- June 01 CBP at Otay Mesa to Begin Booth Replacement Project

- June 01 Border Patrol Seizes 241 Pounds of Abandoned Pot

- June 01 El Paso Triple Homicide Suspect Surrenders to CBP Officers

- June 01 CBP Seizes Live Bird Hopping Onboard Plane from Asia

- June 01 Customs and Border Protection Officers at the Hidalgo Bridge Seize Over $1.5M Worth of Methamphetamine

- June 01 CBP to Maintain Winter Hours at Port of Whitetail, MT

- June 01 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Over $419,000 in Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry

- June 01 Agencies Partner to Apprehend Wanted Criminal - Customs and Border Protection aids U.S. Marshals Service

- June 01 Port Officers in Imperial Valley Seize Over $2.2 Million Worth of Narcotics in One Day

- June 01 First in Port Insect Found in Western Puerto Rico

- June 01 Luis E. Marin Laredo Sector Border Patrol Youth of the Year 2012 Honored at Texas Capital

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