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

May 2010 C.B.P. News Releases

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- May 28 CBP Officers Work With ICE and DEA Agents to Intercept Methamphetamine Precursor Chemicals

- May 28 CBP at Brownsville Port of Entry Seize Weapons and Cocaine

- May 27 U.S. Border Patrol Continues to See Success in West Desert

- May 27 CBP Encourages Travelers to Plan Ahead This Memorial Day Weekend

- May 27 Eight Dominican aliens face criminal immigration charges - Cases prosecuted after two separate immigration events on Monday

- May 27 Patience, Planning and Paperwork will Enhance Border Crossing on Memorial Day Weekend

- May 27 CBP Explorers Participate in Crisis Negotiation Workshop

- May 27 CBP Officers at Hidalgo Port of Entry Apprehend Five Alleged Violators of Immigration Law

- May 26 Fugitive Apprehended by CBP Officers at Antelope Wells Port of Entry

- May 26 Smugglers Abandon Almost One Ton of Drugs After Roll Over

- May 26 CBP Officers at Dunseith Recover Stolen Vehicle

- May 26 Two Marijuana Seizures by Del Rio Border Patrol

- May 26 CBP Seizes Cocaine Concealed as Baking Products at JFK Airport

- May 26 CBP Announces New Reporting Tool for the Florida Local Boater Option Program

- May 26 CBP to Staff Certain South Florida Marinas on Memorial Day Weekend

- May 25 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Intercept Ecstasy Smuggling Attempt

- May 25 San Diego CBP Officers Find 1,300 Pounds of Marijuana in Cement Fixtures, Furniture

- May 25 Joint CBP Operation Seizes 1,994 Assault Rifle Rounds Leaving U.S. at Brownsville Port of Entry

- May 25 CBP Officers at Anzalduas, Hidalgo International Bridges Apprehended 6 Fugitives in 72 Hours - Individuals Wanted by State and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies

- May 25 Impostors and Suspected Narcotic Smugglers Arrested Over the Weekend

- May 25 CBP Advises Travelers To Prepare For the Busy Holiday Weekend

- May 24 Construction of New Southbound Traffic Lanes at San Ysidro Partially Complete - Work on Mexican Side Expected to be Complete in June

- May 24 CBP Officers Seize 67 Pounds of Marijuana at the Stanton Street international Bridge Crossing

- May 24 CBP Officers Seize Cash At Washington Port - Canadian Arrested with more than Half Million Dollars in Vehicle

- May 24 Michigan CBP Reminds of Pleasure Boat Reporting Requirements

- May 24 CBP Officers Arrest Wanted Montreal Man at Champlain Border Crossing

- May 23 CBP Officers Return Pre-Columbian Artifact at Naco Port of Entry

- May 23 CBP Officers Seize $22,154 at Douglas Port of Entry

- May 22 CBP Officers Seize a Romanian Made AK-47 at Douglas Port of Entry

- May 21 Border Patrol Agents Seize Load of Assault Rifles - Dallas Man Charged with Unlawfully Attempting to Export Firearms

- May 21 CBP Officers Take Custody of Fugitive Wanted By U.S. Marshals at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge

- May 21 CBP Officers Seize Nearly $98,000 in Marijuana at Brownsville Port of Entry

- May 21 CBP Announces 2010 Pleasure Boat Clearance Procedures

- May 20 CBP Announces Opening of Nexus Lane in Calais, Maine

- May 20 Chocolate-Covered Cocaine Discovered by CBP at JFK

- May 20 CBP Officers Arrest Wanted Florida Man at Rainbow Bridge

- May 19 CBP Travel Advisory - Victoria Day 2010 Holiday Weekend in Canada

- May 19 CBP Issues Holiday Travel Advisory for Victoria Day Holiday

- May 19 Border Patrol Explorers Host Boy Scout Camporee

- May 19 CBP Officers, Border Patrol Agents Recover Five Stolen Vehicles During Outbound Enforcement Operations - Four Mexican and Two U.S. Citizens Arrested

- May 19 CBP Officers Uncover Nearly One Ton of Marijuana in False Trailer Floor

- May 19 Philadelphia CBP Responds to Crash Scene

- May 19 CBP Travel Advisory for Victoria Day 2010

- May 19 Border Patrol Seizes Hidden Marijuana at Checkpoint

- May 18 CBP Announces April Statistics for Detroit Metro Airport

- May 18 CBP Officers Nab Homicide Suspect during Southbound Operations

- May 18 CBP Officers Make Large Marijuana Seizure at Remote N.M. Port of Entry

- May 18 Baltimore CBP Hosts Port Tour for US Representative Kratovil

- May 17 Two Women Arrested for Attempting to Smuggle 550 Pounds of Marijuana

- May 17 Eagle Pass South Seizes Marijuana in Abandoned Milk Truck

- May 17 CBP Officers at Hidalgo International Bridge Seize Marijuana and Cocaine Drug Loads Found Hidden in Pickup Trucks

- May 17 CBP Officers at Laredo Port of Entry Arrest Detroit Man Wanted on Murder Warrant

- May 17 CBP Officers Seize More than 48 Pounds of Cocaine at the El Paso Port - Other Drug Seizures and Immigration Cases Make for a Busy Weekend

- May 17 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Advises Travelers to Prepare For Busy Holiday Weekend

- May 17 CBP Officers Intercept a Variety of Illegal Drugs at the Champlain Port of Entry

- May 17 CBP Officers Seize Nearly Half a Million Dollars in Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry

- May 15 CBP Officers Find $200,000 in Spare Tire at Douglas Port

- May 15 Import Requirements for Bedding Plants and Nursery Stock from Canada

- May 14 CBP Officers at El Paso Port of Entry Seize Drugs Concealed in Beer, Soda Cans

- May 13 San Diego CBP Officers Seize Cache of Hard Narcotics

- May 13 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Arrest 7 from Capsized Boat

- May 13 CBP Chicago Seizes Counterfeit Consumer Electronics

- May 13 Chief Mountain, Mont. Seasonal Port Opening

- May 13 CBP Officers Seize $1 Million in Drugs Over Mother’s Day Weekend

- May 13 CBP Officers Discover Marijuana at Douglas Port of Entry

- May 13 Two Juveniles Arrested With More Than $72K Worth of Marijuana - Five Others Arrested On Various Charges

- May 12 CBP Agriculture Specialists Intercept Destructive Beetle

- May 12 CBP Officers at Nogales Port of Entry Seize $346,000 of Marijuana

- May 12 Attempted Homicide Suspect Arrested at Border Patrol Checkpoint - Local and International Law Enforcement Partnerships Key to Arrest

- May 12 CBP Seizes $5M Worth of Marijuana in Four Cases

- May 12 Dulles CBP Arrests Alleged Bolivian Impostor with Puerto Rico Birth Certificate

- May 12 Agents Find Marijuana Strapped to Abandoned Motorcycle

- May 12 Super Fat Burner, Perfect Slim Among 3 Million Diet Pills Seized by Chicago CBP in International Mail

- May 12 CBP Selects Nancy Becker as Port Director for the Progreso, Texas Port of Entry

- May 12 CBP Introduces 'Travelcast' - Podcast Designed to Answer Travelers Frequently Asked Questions

- May 11 Unclaimed Baggage Results in Million Dollar Drug Seizure

- May 11 Three Arrested with Counterfeit Certificates of Naturalization by Lukeville CBP Officers

- May 11 Calexico Port Officers Make Two Cocaine Busts

- May 11 Del Rio Border Patrol Agents Seize Marijuana - Futile attempt to pass contraband through checkpoint

- May 11 CBP Officers in San Diego, Imperial Counties Seize $3.2 Million in Narcotics, Apprehend 11 Fugitives

- May 10 CBP Officers Discover Marijuana in Concrete Furniture

- May 10 CBP in Minnesota Announces 2010 Summer Hours for Crane Lake and Opening of Seasonal Port of Ely

- May 10 CBP in Buffalo Has Busy Weekend Making 2 Significant Arrests

- May 10 Border Patrol Seizes Vehicle, $1.2 Million in Marijuana in Arizona

- May 09 Khat smuggler busted

- May 08 U.S. Border Patrol Captures Fugitive in Maine

- May 08 CBP Apprehends Departing International Fugitive at Chicago O’Hare

- May 07 CBP Apprehends Man Wanted on Murder Warrant

- May 07 CBP K-9 Retires at the Pembina Port of Entry

- May 07 CBP Officers at Hidalgo International Bridge Seize Cocaine Found in Car Battery

- May 07 2 Tucson Women Attempt to Smuggle Cocaine through Douglas Port of Entry

- May 07 Marijuana Concealed in Toddler Chairs Highlights Enforcement Activity

- May 07 CBP Apprehends Houston Man Wanted on Murder Warrant at Laredo Port of Entry

- May 07 Office of Air and Marine Assists in Oil Spill Cleanup Efforts - Jacksonville and Corpus Christi P-3 Assets are 'Eyes in the Sky'

- May 07 Border Patrol Apprehends Juvenile Drug Carrier in Arizona

- May 06 Fallen CBP Inspector Receives Additional Recognition At Louisiana Memorial

- May 06 Marijuana Load Seized in Las Milpas by Weslaco Agents

- May 06 CBP Officers Arrest 2 in Failed Smuggling Attempts of Cocaine, Meth Worth More than $2.4M - 47 Pounds Seized in Less than 24 Hours

- May 06 2 Threats in 1 Smuggling Attempt Stopped at Nogales Port of Entry - Marijuana and Insects Found in Furniture

- May 06 U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Department of Agriculture Reminds Public of Prohibited Agricultural Items that Can Carry Citrus Greening Disease

- May 06 Los Angeles CBP Prepares for Mother’s Day

- May 06 Dulles CBP Fills Weekend with Unusual Seizures - Raw Meats, Birds Nest and Ivory Necklace Top Inadmissible Products

- May 05 CBP Firearms Dog Discovers Weapons at Douglas Port of Entry

- May 05 New Orleans CBP Arrests Stowaways Found on Vessel

- May 05 CBP Officers at Anzalduas Crossing Intercept Couple with Counterfeit Visas

- May 05 CBP Officers Make Cocaine Bust at El Paso Port of Entry

- May 05 Marijuana Found in Big Screen TV at San Ysidro Port - Narcotics Valued at $56,155

- May 05 CBP Officers Seize $1.7 Million Worth of Crystal Meth at Douglas Port of Entry

- May 05 Southbound Lane Resurfacing Project at Bridge of the Americas to Begin May 10; CBP Urges Public, Trade to Plan Accordingly

- May 05 2 Individuals Arrested by CBP Field Operations for Fraud

- May 05 Border Patrol Agents in Tucson Seize $1.7 Million in Marijuana

- May 05 Corpus Christi P-3 Operations Branch Aids in Cocaine Seizure - Self-Propelled Semi Submersible Captured

- May 05 Arizona Border Patrol Agents Seize Heroin, Arrest 2 at Checkpoint

- May 05 California Border Patrol Arrests Unregistered Sex Offender

- May 05 Brownsville CBP Officers Intercept 12 People for Alleged Violations of Immigration Law

- May 04 Memphis CBP Makes a Case for Florida Law Enforcement

- May 04 CBP Officers at the Hidalgo Detain Two Women in Child Smuggling Attempt

- May 04 Smugglers Abandon Marijuana to Avoid Apprehension

- May 04 CBP in Southern California Catches 6 Fugitives with Warrants for Their Arrest - 1 with FBI Warrant for Sex Offense

- May 04 Houston Air and Marine Branch Yields Major Enforcement Results

- May 04 CBP Officers in Arizona Net Almost $2.9 Million in Drugs - 3 Suspected Smugglers, 3 Warrants, and 15 People Arrested

- May 04 CBP Intercepts Crystal Meth Ingredients at Parcel Facility

- May 03 U.S. Border Patrol Arrests Sex-Offender near San Luis, Arizona

- May 03 Border Patrol Arrests Convicted Sex Offender

- May 03 CBP Officers in Brownsville Seize Nearly $1.1 Million in Drugs at Border Entry

- May 03 Dulles CBP Arrests Undocumented Alien Wanted for Assault

- May 02 Phoenix Teen Attempts To Smuggle Marijuana Through Douglas Port

- May 02 Tempe Woman Attempts to Smuggle Five-Year-Old Girl Through Douglas Port of Entry

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