Thread: C.B.P. News Releases August 2011

C.B.P. News Releases August 2011

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- August 31 U.S. Border Patrol Agents at RGV Seize More than $12.3 Million Worth of Narcotics

- August 31 Information for Labor Day Travelers at the Detroit Border Crossings

- August 30 Philly CBP Nails Local Heroin Internal Smuggler at PHL

- August 30 CBP Seizes Cocaine, Heroin And Currency In Mayaguez And San Juan Port Inspections - 190 Kilos Of Cocaine, 2.06 Kilos Of Heroin And 196,625 In US Dollars Seized In Four Different Events

- August 30 CBP Resumes Air and Seaport Operations in Mid-Atlantic States Following Irene

- August 29 CBP Officers At The Brownsville And Matamoros International Bridge Seize Cocaine Found Hidden In SUV

- August 29 Louisville CBP Officers Seize 33 Pounds In Synthetic Marijuana Compounds

- August 29 El Paso CBP Officers Discover Marijuana Load in Wooden Trailer Floor

- August 29 US Customs and Border Protection in NYC Find More Than 12 pounds of Cocaine Inside an Aircraft

- August 28 CBP New England Continues Normal Trade Functions

- August 26 CBP Seizes $10M in Narcotics, $880K in Currency In Arizona

- August 25 U. S. Customs And Border Protection In NYC Finds Heroin Concealed In Packages Of Imported Lace

- August 25 New York CBP Finds Cocaine in False Bottom Suitcase

- August 25 CBP Officers at the Hidalgo/Reynosa International Bridge Seize 70 AK-47 High Capacity Ammunition Magazines

- August 25 CBP Officers At International Bridge In South Texas Seize 70 AK-47 High Capacity Ammunition Magazines

- August 25 Sentri, Fast And Global Entry Has Moved – Offices Now Located at the Anzalduas International Bridge

- August 25 CBP Offers Travel Advice for Foreign Students Entering Michigan for School

- August 25 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize $567K Of Narcotics At Two San Diego County Checkpoints

- August 25 CBP Officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge Seize a Load of Cocaine Found Hidden in a Nissan Sentra Sedan

- August 24 New York CBP Apprehends Fleeing Homicide Suspect at JFK

- August 24 Sex Offender Apprehended in Southern California Mountains

- August 24 Southern California CBP Officers Have Busy Weekend - Stop U.S. Citizen Wanted for Homicide and seize 540 Pounds of Narcotics

- August 24 Khapra Beetle Larvae Detected in Rice - Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialists Detect Insect During an Exam

- August 24 Tucson Agents Seize Marijuana, Vehicles, Handgun and Ammunition

- August 23 CBP Officers At New Mexico Port Of Entry Make Large Marijuana Seizure

- August 23 Philly CBP Catches up to Port’s First Ever Kentish Snail

- August 23 Chicago CBP Intercepts Khapra Beetle at O’Hare

- August 23 Tucson Sector Agents Apprehend 2 Wanted Criminals

- August 22 CBP, U.S. Border Patrol Agents Rescue Elderly Woman in the Pasayten Wilderness - Spokane Sector Horse Patrol Mustangs Lead Multi-Agency Effort

- August 22 CBP to Open ‘Ready Lane’ at Calexico East Port of Entry - Travel Documents with RFID Technology Allow Users Access to Dedicated Lane

- August 22 CBP Officers At Southern California Border Discover 1,151 Pounds Of Marijuana Inside Furniture

- August 22 Border Patrol Agents Rescue Another 16 Illegal Aliens In Southern Texas

- August 19 CBP Seizes Illegal Weapons In Missouri, Texas - Switchblades, Stun Guns Among Weaponry

- August 19 Customs And Border Protection Personnel At Brownsville Arrest Man Wanted For Attempted Homicide In New Jersey

- August 19 CBP Enforcement Activity Identifies 29 Fugitives Including Man Wanted for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child

- August 19 CBP Arrests Wanted Airline Crewmember

- August 18 CBP Officers at Laredo Port of Entry Arrest Illinois Man Wanted on Warrant for Predatory Sexual Assault

- August 18 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agent Assaulted During Flood Relief Operations in N.D.

- August 17 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize $1.1 Million in Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry

- August 17 CBP Holds Change of Command Ceremony for Sidney Aki, Port Director, Laredo Port of Entry

- August 17 CBP Officers at the Pharr International Bridge Seize Close to 10 Kilos of Methamphetamine

- August 17 Border Patrol Seizes Half-Ton of Marijuana, Handguns

- August 16 Eagle Pass North Agents Seize 470-pounds of Marijuana

- August 16 CBP Arrests Lone Recidivist Undocumented Alien

- August 16 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Seizes $3 Million in Narcotics

- August 15 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize $81,000 in Methamphetamines at Brownsville Port of Entry

- August 15 Border Patrol Seizes Five-Ton Marijuana Load At Checkpoint

- August 15 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Uncover Black Tar Heroin Hidden in Engine at State Route 94 Checkpoint

- August 15 CBP in Cincinnati Seizes More Than $600K in Cash Bound for Colombia

- August 15 Agents in Texas Nab $8.4M Cocaine Load

- August 15 Joint Field Command - Week in Review - Seizures exceed $8 million in narcotics and $39,000 in currency

- August 12 Maritime Law Enforcement Partners Foil Drug Smuggling Attempt - Nearly 750 pounds of marijuana seized south of San Onofre State Beach

- August 12 Criminal Alien Convicted, Sent to Prison - Prior Convictions include Aggravated Assault with a Weapon

- August 12 Criminal Alien Convicted, Sent to Prison - Prior Convictions Include Aggravated Assault With a Weapon

- August 12 Cocaine Found on Ship Bound for Belgium - U. S. Customs and Border Protection Finds More Than One Hundred Pounds of Cocaine in a Refrigerated Container

- August 11 CBP Officers at the Brownsville International Bridges Seized $1.1 Million in Cocaine and $261,000 in Bulk U.S. Currency

- August 11 Dulles CBP Canine Alerts, Officers Discover 18 Pounds Cocaine in Commercial Flight Cargo Hold

- August 11 Heroin found in Indian Dresses - U. S. Customs and Border Protection finds more than Two pounds of Heroin in the hem of Dresses

- August 11 Threatening “Date Rapeâ€

RELATED

U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter (08/31/2011)

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