C.B.P. News Releases December 2012

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- December 28 Dulles CBP Seizes Nearly 214 Pounds of Khat in Air Cargo - Second largest Khat seizure at Dulles since April 2010

- December 28 Calexico East Port Increases Vehicle Lanes For Holiday Season

- December 28 Otay Mesa Port Increases Vehicle Lanes For Holiday Season

- December 27 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Prevents Gang Member and Sex Offender from Further Entry into the United States

- December 26 Border Patrol Arrests Wanted Murderer

- December 21 Firearm Seized From NEXUS Cardholder in Detroit

- December 21 CBP Advises Travelers To Prepare For a Busy Holiday Weekend

- December 21 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Successfully Prosecutes and Convicts 14 People

- December 21 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Donates Over 500 Christmas Gifts to Local Community

- December 20 CBP Expands Time Saving Initiative during Final Shopping Days before Christmas

- December 20 Del Rio Sector CBP Border Patrol Agents Seize Heroin, Marijuana Worth Quarter Mil

- December 20 Zapata Border Patrol Agents Halt Human Smuggling Attempt

- December 19 Customs and Border Protection at the Pharr International Bridge Seize Over $250K Worth of Methamphetamine

- December 19 CBP Seizes Drug Load at Presidio Port of Entry

- December 19 San Diego County Sees Upswing in Attempts to Smuggle Meth This Week

- December 19 Roma CBP Officers Locate Children Missing from Missouri

- December 19 U.S. Border Patrol Gives Back to Local Buffalo Community

- December 19 San Luis CBP Officers Seize $494k in Meth

- December 19 U.S. Citizen Arrested by CBP at San Juan Seaport - Sought by Brighton County, Colorado

- December 18 El Paso CBP Seizes Smuggled Cash in Three Incidents

- December 18 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize more than $500K of Meth at State Route 94 Checkpoint

- December 18 CBP Officers Seize $4.6 Million in Narcotics, Apprehend Homicide Suspect

- December 18 Christmas Holiday Travel Reminder

- December 18 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Announces Change to Port of Buffalo NEXUS Lane Hours at the Rainbow and Lewiston Bridges

- December 18 CBP Officers at Pharr Seize $1.4 Million Worth of Heroin - Edinburg Man Arrested

- December 18 CBP Officers at Peace Bridge Arrest Imposter

- December 18 Importation Advisory: Citrus Fruit May Not Be Brought Into the United States

- December 18 Philly CBP Assesses $4,500 Currency Reporting Penalty to French Car Dealer

- December 18 Philly CBP Stops Alleged Impostor Departing with Altered Dominican Passport

- December 18 CBP in Maine Offers Tips to Cross-Border Travelers During Holiday Season

- December 17 CBP Officers Catch Smuggler at Border With 80 AK-47 Ammo Magazines

- December 17 El Paso Port of Entry Implements New Technology at Paso Del Norte Pedestrian Lanes - Know Before You Go - CBP offers holiday border crossing tips

- December 17 CBP Officers Intercept $91,000 in Marijuana

- December 17 CPB U.S. Border Patrol Agents Confiscate Meth and Arrest Suspect at I-5 Checkpoint

- December 17 Dulles CBP Finds Over 2 Lbs of Cocaine in Stew Filled Jars

- December 17 U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector November 29 – December 12

- December 17 Nogales CBP Officers Make Unusual Interception

- December 14 Zapata Border Patrol Agents Seize 1,000 Pounds of Marijuana

- December 14 CBP at Pharr International Bridge Seizes Nearly $2 Million Worth of Marijuana

- December 14 Counterfeit Shipments Targeted as part of ‘Operation Holiday Hoax’ at LAX

- December 14 CBP Announces Revisions to Hours of Operations of NEXUS Lane at Sumas, Washington

- December 14 Dulles CBP Arrests Minnesota Man Wanted on Rape Warrant

- December 14 Border Patrol Uncovers Narcotics in Hidden Compartment

- December 13 Nogales CBP Officers Seize $2.8 Million in Pot

- December 13 Philadelphia CBP Detects Albanian Impostor with Italian Passport

- December 13 CBP in San Juan Discovers Duffel Bag Containing 9 Bricks of Cocaine

- December 12 Border Patrol Agents Seize More than 7 Tons of Marijuana in 3 Days

- December 12 Baltimore CBP Intercepts First Local Leaf-Footed Bug

- December 12 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Seizes 300 pounds of Marijuana Dropped by Ultra-Light Aircraft

- December 12 CBP in Northeast Gives Tips for International Holiday Travel

- December 12 CBP Reminds Public Ponche Ingredients are Prohibited from Entry

- December 12 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Apprehends Smuggler after High Speed Flight from Checkpoint

- December 12 North Carolina Couple Arriving in Cruise Ship Arrested by CBP - Couple Sought by Collier County Sheriff's Office in Florida

- December 12 CBP Officers at El Paso Port of Entry Seize Almost Two Tons of Marijuana

- December 12 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Import Specialists and Officers Seize Counterfeit Watches Valued at $83 Million

- December 12 CBP Officers Seize More Than $4 Million in Narcotics, Currency in San Diego/Imperial Valley

- December 11 Busy Weekend for Agents at U.S. Border Patrol Checkpoint

- December 11 CBP Reminds Cross Border Travelers to Save Time with Ready Lanes

- December 11 Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents seize $1.2M worth of Marijuana

- December 10 Texas Fugitive Captured at the Border

- December 10 CBP Components in Southern Arizona Rescue Injured Woman in Baboquivari Mountains

- December 10 CBP Officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge Seize Methamphetamine and Foil Child Smuggling Attempt - Three Persons Arrested

- December 10 U.S. Border Patrol Agents on Texas Border Apprehend Wanted Suspect

- December 10 Brownsville CBP Officers This Weekend Seize Cocaine and Meth Valued at Over Half a Million Dollars

- December 10 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Keeps Methamphetamine off City Streets

- December 10 Eagle Pass, Texas Border Patrol Agents Apprehend Convicted Criminal

- December 10 CBP Adds to Buffalo NEXUS Lane Hours at Rainbow, Lewiston Bridges

- December 10 CBP Announces 100,000th NEXUS Card Issued in Buffalo/Niagara Region

- December 10 CBP Swears In New Presidio, Texas Port Director Lambrix

- December 07 CBP Announces Revised Hours of Operations of the NEXUS Lane at Sumas, Washington

- December 07 CBP Officers Arrest SENTRI Member - More than $141k worth of cocaine seized

- December 07 Unsafe Holiday Rubber Ducks Seized by CBP in Los Angeles - Over 35,000 Imported Plastic Toys in Violation of Consumer Product Safety Act

- December 07 Dulles CBP Seizes almost $18K in Unreported Currency

- December 06 Over $6.2M Worth of Marijuana Seized by Border Patrol Agents

- December 05 Six Live Birds Seized at El Paso Port of Entry

- December 05 CBP Pitches Perfect Game on Counterfeit Tigers Gear - U.S. Customs and Border Protection picks off $300,000 of counterfeit goods

- December 05 U.S. Border Patrol Agents in Newport Locate Two Men Wanted for Questioning in Shooting

- December 05 CBP Officers at Brownsville International Bridge Arrest Ex-Police Officer Wanted by U.S. Marshals

- December 04 CBP Seizes Smuggled Cash Hidden in Laundry Detergent

- December 04 CBP Officers at Brownsville, Texas Nab Suspected Child Smuggler

- December 04 CBP at Texas Border Arrest Man Wanted for Child Sexual Assault

- December 03 California Man Busted at Douglas Port Smuggling $1 Million in Liquid Meth

- December 03 New Amistad Dam Crossing Facility to Open Dec. 11

- December 03 Laredo North Border Patrol Agents Rescue Undocumented Alien

- December 03 Zero Tolerance at the Baltimore Cruise Terminal

- December 03 U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector November 22 – November 28

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