C.B.P. News Releases Jan. 2013
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- January 31 U.S. Border Patrol Arrests Convicted Sex Offender

- January 31 Specialty Teams Seize 1,365 Pounds of Dope

- January 30 Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize Over $680K Worth of Marijuana

- January 30 Del Rio CBP Officers Seize Marijuana Stashed in Tire - Ciudad Acuña Man Faces Federal Prosecution

- January 30 Brackettville Border Patrol Agents Arrest Sex Offender - Ecuadorian Subject Previously Deported

- January 30 CBP Intercepts Cocaine Smugglers in Open Waters - P-3s intercept more than $130 million in cocaine

- January 30 CBP Officers in Buffalo Arrest Three Imposters in One Week

- January 30 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Successfully Prosecutes and Convicts 21 People

- January 29 Mariposa CBP Officers Seize $348K in Meth

- January 29 Presidio CBP Officers Find White Powder Instead of Black Gold in Vehicle’s Oil Pan

- January 29 CBP Officers Seize 400 Pounds of Marijuana in Single Bust

- January 29 Checkpoints Prove Successful Against Drug Smuggling

- January 29 Incidents of Smuggling Continue to Pose Challenges for U.S. Border Patrol Agents in West Texas and New Mexico

- January 29 Eagle Pass CBP Officers Seize Drugs, Currency

- January 29 U.S. Border Patrol Announces Citizens Academy at Erie Station

- January 28 Heroin Smuggler Stopped By CBP Officers

- January 28 CBP Officers Seize Meth Worth $519,000

- January 28 CBP Officers Seize $300K-plus In Unreported Funds

- January 28 CBP at Hidalgo International Bridge Seize More Meth, California Man Arrested

- January 28 CBP at Pharr International Bridge Seize More than a Ton of Marijuana

- January 28 Wanted Virgin Islands Homicide Suspect Arrested by CBP

- January 28 CBP to Provide Training on NAFTA in Pembina

- January 28 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Announces Citizens Academy in Ajo

- January 28 CBP Officers at San Juan Seaport Seize $53K in Smuggled Currency - Currency Outbound to Dominican Republic

- January 25 Woman Arrested with Meth at Hidalgo International Bridge

- January 25 El Paso Sector Border Patrol Nets Tons of Marijuana, Wanted Subjects

- January 25 Expansion of Hours for Otay Mesa Ready Lane - Ready Lanes Will Remain Open 24 Hours

- January 25 CBP Seizes Nearly $900K of Tablets with Fake Safety Markings on Adaptors - Over 5,000 Electrical Adaptors Have Counterfeit ETL and UL Safety Markings

- January 25 Bi-National Agencies Participate in Joint Exercise

- January 25 Agencias Bi-Nacionales Participan en Ejercicio Conjunto

- January 25 CBP Announces Closure of Port of Whitetail, Montana

- January 25 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Nearly $500K of Meth at I-8 Checkpoint

- January 25 CBP San Juan Seizes Counterfeit Barbie Dolls Along with High-Lead Content Toy Cars and Footballs

- January 25 Four Wednesday Seizures Net CBP 524 Pounds of Marijuana

- January 25 Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Rescue Three From Island - Smuggler Abandons Charges Mid-Stream

- January 24 Eagle Pass CBP Officers Nab Half Mil Worth of Cocaine

- January 24 CBP at the Pharr International Bridge Seizes More Than $2 Million Worth of Drugs - Three Arrests Made

- January 24 CBP Reminds Border Crossers of 4 Trusted Traveler Enrollment Centers Located in Pembina Area

- January 23 Recovery Act-Funded Land Port of Entry Opens at Whitlash - New Facility Replaces Outdated Port, Enhances Border Security and Better Serves Travelers

- January 23 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Over $862,000 in Methamphetamine and Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry

- January 23 Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Rescue 79-Year-Old From Bottom of Canyon - CBP Office of Air and Marine Helicopter Unit Supports Operation

- January 23 CBP at JFK Arrests Two Passengers - Officers seize Cocaine and Heroin in 12-Hour Span

- January 23 CBP Officers at the Pharr International Bridge Seize Over $800K Worth of Heroin - New York Man Arrested

- January 23 CBP at San Juan Seaport Detains Wanted Man on Grand Theft Charges

- January 23 CBP Officers Apprehend Man Wanted for Murder and Several Other Fugitives

- January 23 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Seize Methamphetamine Worth $73K Strapped to Man’s Legs

- January 23 CBP Officers Seize Record-breaking 7 Tons of Marijuana

- January 23 Weekend Marijuana Seizure Valued at $2.25 Million

- January 22 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Confiscate Weapons

- January 22 CBP Seizes Large Drug Load at Remote Antelope Wells Port

- January 22 CBP Announces Reopening of Los Ebanos Ferry Crossing

- January 21 CBP Agriculture Specialists at Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas Port of Entry Have Fruitful Holiday Season

- January 18 Nogales CBP agriculture specialists prevent new pest from entering United States

- January 18 Calexico East CBP Officers Seize Almost 3,000 Pounds of Marijuana in Shipment of Cucumbers

- January 18 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Stop Two Alleged Attempts to Enter the Country Without Legitimate Documents

- January 18 U.S. Border Patrol Prevents Illegal Entry - Midnight Canoe Crossing

- January 18 CBP Officers Seize $495k in Coke, $25k in Meth

- January 18 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Catch Aggravated Felon

- January 18 Duluth CBP Participates in New Air Passenger Terminal Opening

- January 18 Annual C-TPAT Conference Closes - Unified Global Security: The Challenge Ahead

- January 18 Federal, Local Law Enforcement Team Up to Fight Crime

- January 17 12 Smugglers Caught in Arizona Desert Hauling $625k in Pot

- January 17 Border Patrol Agents Seize Cocaine, Heroin, Meth along California Interstate

- January 16 El Paso Air and Marine Assists in Apprehension of Robbery Suspects

- January 16 CBP Officers in Champlain, N.Y. Arrest Individual Wanted for Insurance Fraud

- January 16 Laredo North Agents Thwart Possible Kidnapping

- January 16 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Announces Citizen’s Academy in Bisbee

- January 16 Man Wanted for Threatening Hidalgo County Sheriff Turns Himself In at the Hidalgo International Bridge

- January 16 Border Patrol Agents Strike Again, Two Convicted Murderers Arrested and Narcotics Seized Over the Weekend

- January 16 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Successfully Prosecutes and Convicts Eight People

- January 16 CBP Arrests Smuggler Concealing 97 Cocaine-filled Pellets in Socks

- January 16 U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector December 27, 2012 – January 9, 2013

- January 15 Smugglers’ Strategy: Abandon Dope - Border Patrol seizes vehicles, $2.2 million of marijuana

- January 15 New El Centro Sector Chief Appointed

- January 15 Stranded 'Samaritans' Assisted by Border Patrol

- January 15 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Intercept Eight Individuals Entering the U.S. Illegally

- January 15 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Seizes More Than $500,000 Worth of Methamphetamine at Checkpoint

- January 14 CBP Officers and Agents at the Brownsville Port of Entry Seize $50,199 in Outbound Enforcement Operation

- January 14 CBP Seizes More Methamphetamine at Hidalgo International Bridge

- January 14 Del Rio Station Border Patrol Agents Rescue Drowning Victim

- January 14 CBP Global Entry Interviews Now at San Antonio Airport - Enrollment process more convenient for SAT travelers

- January 11 Local Rancher Praises Border Patrol Rescue Efforts

- January 11 Border Patrol Seizes Dope From False Compartment - Lost suspects carrying narcotics asked agents for directions

- January 11 Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize More Than 1,100 Pounds of Marijuana

- January 11 CBP Intercepts Insect New to the U.S.

- January 11 Uvalde Border Patrol Agents Arrest Sex Offender - Guatemalan subject had been previously deported

- January 11 CBP Officers at Otay Mesa Seize 310 Pounds of Marijuana in Shipment of Carrots

- January 11 CBP Stops Juvenile Drug Smuggler with Marijuana in Backpack

- January 11 CBP at Detroit Metro Airport Seizes 1.8 Kilos of Heroin - Heroin found in luggage of citizen from Ghana

- January 10 Dulles CBP Intercepts First in Port Leafhopper

- January 10 Fake Guitars Hit Sour Note at CBP O’Hare International Mail Branch

- January 10 CBP at Port of Gramercy Starts 2013 with Marijuana Seizure and Removal of Stowaway

- January 10 CBP Seizes Smuggled Cash Hidden in Purse

- January 09 Man Wanted for Vandalizing Famous Painting in Houston Surrenders at Hidalgo International Bridge

- January 09 $1 Million Worth of Heroin Seized by Laredo CBP Officers at the Gateway to the Americas Bridge

- January 09 New Recovery Act-Funded Land Port of Entry Opens at Boundary, Wash. - New Port Replaces Outdated Facility, Enhances Border Security and Better Serves Traveling Public

- January 09 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Intercept Drugs and Bulk Currency

- January 09 CBP Seizes 230 Pounds of Cheese at Santa Teresa Port of Entry

- January 08 CBP Officers at Hidalgo International Bridge Seize Methamphetamine - Two Women Arrested

- January 08 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Methamphetamine and Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry

- January 08 Eleven Gold Bars Seized by CBP Arriving from Curacao

- January 08 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists at the Brownsville Port of Entry Intercept Significant Pests

- January 08 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Foil Two Drug Smuggling Attempts and Confiscate Weapons and Ammo on I-8

- January 08 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Heroin Valued at over $3 Million and $156,700 Bulk U.S. Currency at Rio Grande Valley Ports of Entry

- January 08 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Successfully Prosecutes and Convicts Five People

- January 07 Fugitive Homicide Suspect and Wanted Child Sex Offender Nabbed by CBP Officers at El Paso Port of Entry

- January 07 Drug, Human Smugglers Apprehended by Border Patrol

- January 07 Border Patrol Arrests Two Dangerous Criminals

- January 07 Border Patrol Agents Arrest Convicted Murderer, Seize Dangerous Narcotics in Separate Incidents

- January 07 CBP, Caribbean Border Interagency Group Authorities Seize $29 Million Cocaine Shipment, Arrest 2 Dominican Smugglers

- January 07 CBP Announces Temporary Closing of Amistad Dam Facility

- January 04 CBP Enforcement Activity Continues During Winter Storm - All Area Ports Remain Open

- January 04 Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Rescue Juvenile From Rio Grande

- January 04 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Announces Citizens Academy in Casa Grande

- January 03 U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector December 13 – December 26

- January 02 Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals Worth More Than $3.2 Million Seized By CBP Officers at Miami International Airport

- January 02 Dulles CBP Seizes Unreported Currency - Two Seizures in Two Days Totaling almost $45K

- January 02 CBP Officers in Champlain Arrest Individual Wanted for Aggravated Sexual Battery and Child Molestation

- January 02 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Over $282,400 in Liquid Methamphetamine at Pharr Port of Entry

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