C.B.P. News Releases August 2012

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- August 30 Hong Kong Jewelry Exporter Pleads Guilty to Customs Fraud - Supplier to cable shopping network faces nearly $2 million in fines and restitution

- August 30 Cuban Smuggler, U.S. Citizen Boat Operator Sentenced to Prison for Alien Smuggling

- August 29 Mexican National Arrested for Smuggling at Douglas Port of Entry

- August 29 CBP Officers Seize Nearly $505k in Narcotics

- August 29 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Gives Labor Day Holiday Travel Reminder for Montana and Idaho

- August 29 CBP Officers at Andrade Port Seize Cocaine, Heroin, and Methamphetamine

- August 29 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Advise Travelers to Prepare for Busy Holiday Weekend Traffic

- August 29 Border Patrol Puts Aggravated Felon Behind Bars

- August 28 Lukeville CBP Officers Seize 206 Pounds of Pot

- August 28 CBP Air Crew Rescues Missing Hikers

- August 28 Del Rio Border Patrol Agents Seize $500k Worth of Pot; Nab Two Convicted Sex Offenders

- August 28 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol Agents Seize Meth and Heroin at Checkpoint

- August 28 Bahamian Sentenced to 18 Months Incarceration

- August 28 Vermont CBP Advises Travelers, Prepare for Busy Holiday and Increased Traffic

- August 28 Baltimore CBP Seizes $30K in Unreported Currency

- August 28 CBP Officers Seize More Than $909k in Narcotics

- August 27 Del Rio U.S. Border Patrol Agents Rescue Victim from Rio Grande

- August 27 Yuma Sector Graduates 15 U.S. Border Patrol Agents as Emergency Medical Technicians

- August 27 San Diego CBP Officers Find 637 Pounds of Marijuana in Bus

- August 27 CBP Officers Arrest Suspected Pot Smugglers

- August 27 Local Men Arrested Attempting to Smuggle Nearly $169,000 in Meth and Cocaine

- August 24 CBP to Host C-TPAT/FAST Seminar for Trade Community Members

- August 24 Convicted Felons Return to Prison After Sentencing

- August 24 Seven Charged After CBP Stops Attempt to Smuggle More Than One Ton of Marijuana off Catalina Island

- August 24 Man Wanted in Pinal County Apprehended by CBP Officers at Phoenix Sky Harbor

- August 23 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Hidden Marijuana and Liquid Meth at San Diego Checkpoints

- August 23 CBP Officers in Lukeville Seize Meth Valued in Excess of $175,000

- August 22 Smuggler Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison - Federal Jury finds man guilty on all 11 counts

- August 22 CBP Marine Unit Vessel Rescues Mariner

- August 22 CBP Officers Take Custody of Kidnapping Suspect and Missing Teen

- August 21 U.S. Border Patrol Change of Command Ceremony - Chief Patrol Agent Brian S. Hastings takes command of the Buffalo Sector

- August 21 CBP Officers at Eagle Pass Nab Sailor, Probation Violator - Crimes of Moral Turpitude, Warrant Land Men in Lockup

- August 21 Border Patrol Agents Rescue Two Undocumented Immigrants

- August 21 Joint Patrol Rescues Female From Detroit River

- August 21 El Paso Sector CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Nab Suspected Killer

- August 21 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Arrest International Homicide Suspect

- August 21 Counterfeit Lunch Bags Seized by CBP

- August 21 Counterfeit Jeans Seized by CBP

- August 21 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Foiled Alleged Smuggling Attempt of a Minor Child

- August 21 Baltimore CBP Intercepts First in Port Snail

- August 21 Border Patrol Agents Seize Marijuana Dropped from Air

- August 21 CBP Opens Global Entry Enrollment Center at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport

- August 20 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Nearly $1.3 Million in Alleged Heroin at the Progreso Port of Entry

- August 20 Alien Arrested by San Juan CBP Pretending to be a U.S. Citizen

- August 20 CBP Officers at Santa Teresa Find Marijuana in Farm Tractors

- August 20 Nogales CBP Officers Arrest Drug Smuggler - Narcotics valued at nearly $397k

- August 20 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector August 2 – August 15

- August 20 San Diego CBP Officers Find 761 Pounds of Marijuana in Carrot Shipment

- August 20 CBP Officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge Arrest Two Men Wanted on Sexual Assault Charges this Weekend

- August 20 Nogales Ports Remain Open Through Heavy Rains

- August 20 Border Patrol Attends Tohono O’odham College Event

- August 20 Rain, Response, Rescues - Border Patrol Agents Assist Nogales Community

- August 20 Counterfeit Monetary Instruments Seized from Parcels Arriving from Ghana

- August 20 Narcotics Dealer Convicted, Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison

- August 17 Laredo Sector Border Patrol Holds Promotion Ceremony

- August 17 CBP Officers at South Texas Port of Entry Arrest Man Smuggling a Variety of Drugs

- August 16 U.S. CBP Officers in South Texas Seize Nearly $790,000 in Cocaine and Methamphetamine

- August 16 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Stop Alleged Smuggling Attempt at the Border

- August 16 El Paso Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize 301 Pounds of Marijuana

- August 16 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Confiscate Cocaine, Methamphetamine And Heroin In Four Incidents On I-5

- August 16 CBP in Vermont Reminds Boaters of Vessel Reporting Procedures

- August 16 CBP Officers at Presidio Port Seize 629 Pounds of Marijuana

- August 16 Border Patrol Agents Seize Meth, Marijuana, Heroin

- August 16 ‘Ready Lane’ Opens at San Luis Port of Entry

- August 16 CBP Seizes More than 18 Million in Fake Women’s Fashion Shoes - 20,457 Pairs of Counterfeit Christian Louboutin Shoes Seized at LA/LB Seaport

- August 16 Philly CBP Records 7th Largest Local Cocaine Seizure - Officers Find 386 Pounds Concealed in Pick-Up Truck Barged From Puerto Rico

- August 16 Technology Blocks Smuggling at Checkpoint

- August 16 Fugitive Wanted in Roswell Double Fatality Apprehended by CBP

- August 16 CBP Reminds Border Crossers to Prepare for Busier than Normal Port of Entry Traffic during Texas Tax Free Holiday Weekend

- August 15 Dulles CBP Officers Seize Marijuana and Paraphernalia Hidden in Cereal Box

- August 15 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Cloned Vehicle, Marijuana Discovered Inside

- August 15 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Over $774,000 in Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry

- August 15 Progreso CBP Officers Arrest Man Wanted for Sexual Assault of a Child

- August 14 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Arrest 15 in Failed Maritime Smuggling Attempt Near Ocean Beach

- August 14 CBP Officers in Southern Arizona Seize More Than $760k in Narcotics

- August 14 San Luis CBP Officers Arrest Three for Attempted Smuggling - Narcotics valued at more than $584k in value

- August 14 Border Patrol Agents Seize 1,105 Pounds of Marijuana

- August 14 Hidden Cocaine “Treasure” Found in the Island of Culebra, Puerto Rico - CBP Officers Assist in the Discovery

- August 14 CBP Officers in El Paso Make a Dozen Drug Busts Over Weekend

- August 14 Border Patrol Explorer Posts Get Law Enforcement Training

- August 14 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Over $627,000 in Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry

- August 14 Douglas CBP Officers Seize $11,160 in Unreported Cash, Suspect Arrested

- August 14 CBP Air Crew Rescues Missing Mountain Biker

- August 13 U.S. Border Patrol Agents in West Texas Rescue Migrant from Dangerous Canal

- August 13 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize More Than 4,112 Pounds of Marijuana - Cases occur in Laredo North, West and Hebbronville Stations

- August 13 Philadelphia CBP Officers Seize Nearly $53k in Underreported Currency

- August 10 CBP Officers at South Texas Port of Entry Seize $10,000 Hidden in Prosthetic Limb

- August 10 CBP Officers in Arizona Seize Marijuana Hidden in Seafood-Filled Ice Chests

- August 10 Del Rio, Texas Border Patrol Agents Nab Pot, Cash, Convicted Felon

- August 10 Nogales, Ariz. CBP Officers Seize Cocaine

- August 10 Border Patrol Agents Apprehend 39 Illegal Immigrants at Checkpoint

- August 10 Arizona CBP Officers Seize Meth Taped to Mens’ Midsection

- August 10 CBP Detroit Donates Seized Fossils to University of Michigan

- August 10 Detroit CBP Officers Seize Illegal Firearm

- August 10 Felon Apprehended by Border Patrol Sentenced to Prison

- August 09 CBP Advises Hunters of New Requirements for Game Fowl as Hunting Season Approaches

- August 09 Smuggling Attempts Denied at Border Patrol Checkpoints

- August 09 CBP at JFK Seizes Heroin - U. S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Catch Heroin in Hair Treatment Product

- August 09 Douglas CBP Officers Seize Black Tar Heroin

- August 09 Man Wanted by FBI on Drug Charges Arrested by Nogales CBP Officers

- August 09 CBP Rescues Illegal Immigrant from Steep Cliff - Air and Marine Blackhawk, BORSTAR agents integrate efforts

- August 08 Border Patrol Explorers Graduate - Hebbronville and Zapata Station Explorer Posts Candidates Graduate

- August 08 CBP Officers at the Brownsville Gateway International Bridge Seized over Half Million Dollars Worth of Cocaine this Weekend

- August 08 CBP Advises Hunters to Obtain USDA Import Permits for Game Fowl as Hunting Season Approaches

- August 08 CBP Officers Seize Marijuana Worth $43,000

- August 08 Nogales CBP Officers Seize $280,000 in Unreported Cash, Suspect Arrested

- August 07 Dulles CBP Officers Sniff Out Perfumed Marijuana

- August 07 CBP Officers at Dulles Seize Almost 4lbs Cocaine in Drink Boxes and Spice Bottle

- August 07 Lukeville CBP Officers Arrest 3, Seize Coke, Heroin, Cash, Ammo

- August 07 Nogales CBP Officers Take Custody of Ten-Year-Old

- August 06 Laredo West Agents Seize 2770 Pounds of Marijuana

- August 06 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector July 26 – August 1

- August 02 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Minneapolis Hiring Center is Recognized at Minnesota Twins Baseball Game for Service to Vets

- August 02 Local Ariz. Woman Arrested for Pot Smuggling

- August 02 CBP Assists with Rescue of Missing Hiker - Office of Air and Marine Blackhawk airlifts victim to safety

- August 02 Lukeville CBP Officers Seize Meth

- August 02 Nogales CBP Officers Seize Meth, Marijuana

- August 02 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Make Two Seizures of Methamphetamine Worth More Than $2.1 Million

- August 02 Laredo Sector Horse Patrol Class 005 Graduates - 7 Border Patrol agents join the program

- August 02 San Luis CBP Officers Arrest Mexican National Smuggling Nearly 100 Pounds of Marijuana

- August 01 CBP Port of San Luis Launches Border Radio Pilot - AM radio system installed to inform border crossers

- August 01 CBP Seizes 19 Pounds of Cocaine at Presidio Port of Entry

- August 01 Selection of Jan Clark as Assistant Port Director Trade at Brownsville Port

- August 01 Pedestrian Ready Lane Kiosks Added at El Paso Port of Entry

- August 01 U.S. Border Patrol in N.Y. Prevents Suicide Attempt - Canadian Citizen Safe


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