Thread: July 2010 C.B.P. News Releases

July 2010 C.B.P. News Releases

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- July 30 CBP Officers Seize Undeclared Currency from Canadian Woman

- July 30 CBP Officers Have Tug-of-War with Smugglers at Naco Port of Entry

- July 29 Agents Seize Drugs, Recover Stolen Vehicle

- July 29 CBP Provides Travel Tips for Canadian Holiday Long Weekend

- July 29 CBP and CBSA Announce the Opening of FAST Enrollment Center in Warroad, Minnesota

- July 29 Checkpoint Technology Foils Smuggling Attempt

- July 28 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Advise TravelersTo Prepare For a Busy Holiday Weekend

- July 28 CBP Officers Seize Heroin at Hidalgo Bridge - Florida Man Arrested

- July 28 Miami Border Patrol Sector Receives Two Mobile Remote Video Surveillance Systems To Deter and Detect Human and Drug Smuggling

- July 27 CBP Officers Stop Two Fugitives Wanted for Attempted Murder from Fleeing to Mexico - Also Stop More than $73,000 in Undeclared Currency Sewn Into Clothing and in Other Unusual Places

- July 27 CBP Officers in Buffalo Seize 20 Pounds of Ecstasy, Arrest Smuggler

- July 27 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Over $180,000 in Marijuana at Brownsville Port of Entry

- July 26 Border Patrol, Texas Parks and Wildlife Collaborate to Station Mustangs in Big Bend Ranch State Park

- July 26 Marijuana Encased in Cement Seized by CBP

- July 26 CBP Officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge Seize $1.5 Million in Cocaine and Methamphetamine – Two Men Arrested

- July 26 Thwarted Smuggling Attempt Results in Arrest of 24

- July 26 CBP Officers in Buffalo Arrest Man Wanted on Charges of Sex Offenses Against a Minor

- July 23 Border Patrol, Local Law Enforcement Help Reunite Mother and Son

- July 23 Los Angeles CBP Intercepts 'First in the Nation' Destructive Pest from South Africa

- July 23 Law Enforcement Partnerships Help Reunite Mother and Son

- July 22 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Opens New Station in Maine

- July 22 CBP Arrests Man with Outstanding Warrant

- July 22 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize $426K Meth Stash Near I-5 Checkpoint

- July 22 Van Plunged Into Floodwaters by Smugglers

- July 22 CBP Officers in El Paso Capture Second Homicide Suspect in Two Days

- July 22 CBP Officers in South Texas Apprehend Fugitives

- July 21 Marijuana Discovered in Drive Shaft Douglas Port of Entry

- July 21 CBP Southbound Inspections Capture Fugitive Wanted in Colorado on Murder Charges

- July 21 Tucson Sector Agents Apprehend Five Suspects with Active Warrants within 24 Hours

- July 21 CBP Officers Find More Than $83,000 Hidden in Bread Loaf, Stuffed Animal, Backpack

- July 21 Santa Teresa Port of Entry Welcomes New Director

- July 20 CBP Seizes Illicit Narcotics in Weekend Haul - Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin Smuggled in Cars, Shoes

- July 20 Canadian Woman Arrested for Currency Smuggling

- July 20 Multiple Seizures Include Van Jam-Packed with Marijuana

- July 20 CBP Weekend Enforcement Activity Tops 100 Incidents

- July 19 CBP Savannah Seizes Table Lamps Bearing Counterfeit Underwriter Laboratories (UL) Labels

- July 19 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize $228,000 in Methamphetamine at Brownsville Port of Entry

- July 19 CBP Locates Body of Missing Man in Southeast Calif.

- July 19 Border Patrol Arrests Juvenile 2nd Time in 5 Days

- July 19 CBP Stops Cache of Machine Guns, Ammo from Entering Mexico

- July 19 Smuggling Attempt Thwarted on Calif. Coast

- July 18 Douglas Port of Entry Arrests Tucson Man Wanted for Weapons Offense

- July 16 CBP Marine Agents Rescue 3 in Intra-Coastal Waterway

- July 16 CBP Intercepts Destructive Beetle

- July 16 CBP Officers Seize $216,000 of Marijuana at Douglas Port of Entry

- July 15 CBP Experiences Increase of Inbound Foreign Travelers at Detroit Metropolitan Airport

- July 15 CBP Enforcement Activities at the International Bridge Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan – June 2010

- July 15 El Paso, Texas Border Patrol Kicks Off Safety Initiative

- July 15 Rescued Illegal Aliens Turned Over to Border Patrol

- July 15 Nogales, Ariz. Port to Get Structural Upgrades

- July 15 CBP Officers Apprehend Two Men Wanted on Alleged Charges of Sexual Assault of a Child and Four Other Fugitives

- July 15 Make-Shift Backpacks Full of Narcotics Seized in Downtown Calexico

- July 15 $1.25M Drug Smuggling Ploy Uncovered at CBP U.S. Border Patrol Checkpoint

- July 15 New Technology Deployed at Baudette Port of Entry

- July 15 Travel Advisory - CBP Reminds Traveling Public to Leave, Fruits, Plants and Firewood at Home

- July 15 Buffalo CBP Officers Arrests United States Citizen for False Statements/Misuse of Passport

- July 15 Death Match Snares Brit Impostor at BWI - Feds Arrest Baltimore Resident for Allegedly Stealing Dead American’s Identity

- July 14 San Luis CBP Officers Intercept Stolen Vehicle Attempting to Leave U. S.

- July 14 Amid Rising Flood Waters, Agents Seize More Than $1M in Marijuana

- July 14 CBP Surveillance Aircraft Spots Man Adrift in Homemade Boat

- July 13 CBP Officers Foil Suspected Smuggler’s Attempt to Hide Marijuana Among Aluminum Scrap Cans

- July 13 CBP Stops Machine Guns, Ammunition Headed into Mexico from California

- July 13 CBP Officers at JFK Seize $700,000 in Heroin

- July 12 $172K Heroin Stash Intercepted at U.S. Border Patrol CheckpointIncident follows weekend cocaine seizure valued at $236K

- July 12 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize 53 Bundles of Marijuana

- July 12 CBP to Recruit Border Patrol Agents at Indiana Black Expo

- July 12 CBP’s U.S. Border Patrol Seizes $1.4 Million in Marijuana in Arizona Desert

- July 11 CBP Officers Make Multiple Seizures, Arrests in Busy Weekend at Brownsville Port of Entry

- July 11 Immigrant Uses Counterfeit Visa at Douglas Port of Entry

- July 10 Four Illegal Immigrants Commit Fraud at Douglas Port of Entry

- July 10 CBP Field Operations in Alexandria Bay, N.Y. Arrest Man Wanted for Grand Theft

- July 09 CBP Uncovers Moth Never Before Seen in U.S. - Insect with Voracious Appetite Considered Agriculture Enemy

- July 09 Undeterred by Floods, CBP Officers Make Multiple Seizures at Laredo Port of Entry

- July 09 Five Fugitives Arrested by CBP at Brownsville Port of Entry on Outstanding Warrants, Including One for Murder

- July 09 Seized Backpacks Net Marijuana Valued at Over $500,000

- July 09 Suspect Wanted for Murder Arrested by Border Patrol Agents

- July 09 CBP, ICE Arrest U.S. Citizen on Child Pornography Charges

- July 08 Missing Child Located During Vehicle Stop

- July 09 Border Patrol Canines Sniff out Contraband

- July 08 Border Patrol Catches Convicted Sex Offender in California Desert

- July 08 Calexico Port Officers Seize Over $400,000 worth of Narcotics

- July 08 CBP Thwarts Fourth Large Smuggling Attempt this Week

- July 08 CBP Officers at the Hidalgo and Pharr International Bridges Seize $2.8 Million in Cocaine – Two Reynosa Men Arrested

- July 07 CBP Officers in Texas Intercept Woman for Alleged Violations of Immigration Law

- July 07 Hidden Cocaine Seized at Checkpoint in Southern California

- July 07 Fugitive Captured at Border with Counterfeit Document

- July 07 Drug Smuggling Attempts Continue in Texas, Despite Threats of Rising River

- July 07 California Bound Fruit Fly Infested Mango Seized by CBP in El Paso

- July 07 Two Drug Seizures in Two Hours - Heroin at the Bridge and Ecstasy at the Tunnel

- July 07 CBP in South Texas Monitors Rio Grande Flooding; Most Ports Open

- July 07 Fourth of July Weekend Busy for CBP in Southern California

- July 07 CBP Offices Partner Up to Apprehend Stowaways Using High-Tech Inspection Equipment

- July 06 Homicide Suspect Turned Over to U.S. Authorities at Buffalo Border Crossing

- July 06 Coordinated Effort Saves Pair in the Mountains

- July 06 Three Failed Smuggling Attempts at Sea Yield 34 Illegal Aliens and Half Ton of Marijuana

- July 06 Laredo CBP Officers Seize Weapons, Ammo, Cocaine, and Arrest Nine for Alleged Immigration Violations during Fourth of July Weekend

- July 06 CBP officers in El Paso Discover Drugs Hidden in Washing Machine;Overall Holiday Weekend Enforcement Activity Heavy

- July 06 CBP Officers Seize 300 Pounds of Marijuana

- July 05 Yuma Station Boat Unit Rescues Four from Colorado River

- July 05 Four Arrested in Connection with Smuggled Marijuana

- July 02 Inclement Weather in Texas not a Deterrent for Dope Smugglers

- July 02 CBP, Canadian Law Enforcement Support Special Olympics with Mont. Border Torch Run

- July 02 CBP's Aircraft, Border Patrol Team to Arrest 10 in Arizona

- July 02 CBP Officers at Texas Bridge Apprehend Woman Carrying Heroin

- July 02 CBP Seizes Nearly 6,000 Counterfeit Video Games

- July 02 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers at Eagle Pass Seize More Than 2,000 Pounds of Marijuana

- July 02 CBP Officers in West Texas Make Large Meth Bust

- July 02 Laredo CBP Officers Intercept $5 Million in Marijuana

- July 02 Pedestrian Attempts to Stab CBP Officer at Arizona Entry

- July 01 Marfa Sector to Host “Citizen’s Academyâ€

JEEZ!!!!! And they're trying to tell us things are slower now???