Border Patrol News Releases 1/3/12 - 1/13/12

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- January 13 El Paso Area CBP Officers Record 131 Enforcement Actions This Week

- January 13 63 Pounds of Erectile Dysfunction Chemical Found In Passenger’s Luggage at LAX - Tadalafil Estimated Domestic Value is $179,000

- January 13 Canadian Citizen Arrested with Marijuana at Grand Portage, MN Port of Entry

- January 13 Convicted Illegal Alien Sent Back to Prison

- January 12 CBP Officers Find $1 Million Cache of Methamphetamine in SENTRI Member’s Car

- January 12 Nogales CBP Officers Nab Drugs from Trains - Nearly 500 pounds of marijuana seized

- January 12 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Arrests Smugglers Seize 733lbs. of Marijuana

- January 12 Agents Seize More than $22 Million Worth of Narcotics

- January 11 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Intercepts Drugs Thrown Over Border Fence

- January 11 Border Patrol Halts Entry of Convicted Sex Offender

- January 11 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Nearly $3.2 Million in Marijuana at Pharr Port of Entry Cargo Facility

- January 11 CBP Agriculture Specialists Stop Numerous Agriculture Violations

- January 11 Philly CBP Bags Record 130 Pounds of Cocaine - $4 Million Seizure Believed to be CBP’s Largest at Phila International Airport

- January 11 Border Patrol Agents Seize Marijuana, Arrest 7

- January 11 U.S. Border Patrol Halts Entry of a Convicted Sex Offender

- January 10 CBP Apprehends Homicide Suspect at Tecate Port of Entry

- January 10 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Import Specialists and Officers Seize over $782,000 in Counterfeit Camcorders, CD and MP3 Players

- January 10 CBP Officers at Port of Hidalgo Arrest Woman Wanted for Florida Kidnapping

- January 10 CBP Joint Assets Seize more than $400k in Pot

- January 10 San Juan CBP Finds Increase of Thrips in Imported Cut Flowers

- January 10 Border Patrol Agents Seize Abandoned Marijuana

- January 09 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Intercept Cocaine Load at East San Diego County Checkpoint

- January 09 U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector Dec. 26 – Jan. 1

- January 09 CBP at Andrade Port Apprehend Fugitive Wanted for Attempted Murder

- January 09 CBP Officers Seize Nearly $336,000 in Meth at Anzalduas International Bridge

- January 09 San Luis CBP Intercept Nearly 73 lbs. of Cocaine

- January 09 Border Patrol Agents Locate Missing Juvenile

- January 09 CBP Begins Ballistic Testing of Seized Firearms in Arizona

- January 09 CBP Arrests Man On Re-entry After Deportation Charges

- January 06 Dulles CBP Arrests Alleged Nigerian Heroin Smuggler

- January 06 CBP Officers Seize Ammunition Headed for Mexico

- January 06 El Paso Area CBP Officers Record 27 Enforcement Actions Thursday

- January 06 CBP Officers In Northeast N.Y. Arrest Fugitive Wanted For Sex Crimes

- January 06 CBP Officers at the Buffalo Peace Bridge Arrest Imposter

- January 05 CBP Seizes 116 Pounds of Smuggled Cheese and More

- January 04 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Arrest Ten Following Interdiction Of Drug Smuggling Boat North Of Los Angeles - Vessel Carried More Than A Ton Of Marijuana

- January 04 Heroin in Bottles of Scotch Found By CBP at Newark Liberty Airport

- January 04 CBP Officers At Southern Texas Port Of Entry Arrest More Than 100 Wanted Fugitives

- January 04 Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize More Than 1,000 Pounds of Marijuana

- January 04 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Northern Washington Sector Dec. 12 - Dec. 18

- January 03 CBP Officers at Six Southern California Ports Catch 20 Fugitives Over Holiday Weekend

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