Thread: Oct. 2010 C.B.P. NEWS RELEASES

Oct. 2010 C.B.P. NEWS RELEASES

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- October 29 Two wanted felons found by CBP in Virgin Islands - Subjects wanted in Florida and Georgia

- October 28 CBP Officers Intercept Individual Using Fraudulent Documents at San Francisco International Airport

- October 28 Agents Seize More than 1,000 Pounds of Dope

- October 28 CBP Officers at Hidalgo-Pharr International Bridge Arrest Six Men, Four Women for Violations of Immigration Law

- October 28 CBP Detects Wanted Burglar at Isla Grande - Wanted Criminal Arrested Arrived from St. Thomas

- October 28 Asian Gypsy Moth Found In The Port of New Orleans

- October 28 Mexican Iguana Found In The Port of Mobile, Ala.

- October 27 U. S. Customs and Border Protection Announces Change in Port of Entry Hours of Operation

- October 27 Carrizo Springs Agents Seize Marijuana

- October 27 Calexico CBP Officers Prevent More Than $850,000 Worth of Cocaine From Entering U.S.

- October 27 Minnesota State Patrol Moves into U.S. Border Patrol Facility

- October 27 Minnesota State Patrol Moves into U.S. Border Patrol Facility

- October 27 Technology Assisting Border Patrol Agents on St. Clair River

- October 27 Previously Deported Alien Caught using Fraudulent Document at Sault Sainte Marie

- October 27 Plentywood Agents Act on Citizens Tip

- October 27 CBP Border Patrol Agents Seize Heroin on Interstate 8

- October 27 Dallas CBP Seizes Electronics Valued at $1 Million - Shipments Contained Counterfeit SanDisk and iPod Products

- October 27 Mackinac Island Vessel Reporting Station to Close for the Season

- October 26 CBP Officers Arrest a Colorado Man Attempting to Smuggle Two Illegal Aliens

- October 26 Philly CBP Penalizes Two Minnesotans Nearly $26k for Khat - Officers Seize More than 500 Pounds in One Week

- October 26 CBP Officers Seize Truck With Marijuana-Filled Tires

- October 26 CBP Officers Intercept Individuals with Fraudulent or Invalid Documents at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport - Both Defendants used Fraudulent Documents to Impersonate Another Person

- October 26 Philly CBP Arrests Norristown, PA Murder Suspect

- October 26 Advanced Technologies Yield Half a Ton of Marijuana

- October 25 Laredo CBP Officers Seize $12.7 Million in Heroin - Largest Heroin Seizure in the Port’s History

- October 25 San Juan CBP Seizes Cocaine and Heroin Aboard Cruise-Ship - Four Passengers Were Arrested in Two Separate Incidents

- October 25 CBP Officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge Seize Mexican Brown Heroin and Cocaine Found Hidden in Two Suitcases – One Man Arrested

- October 25 CBP Seizes 112 Pounds of Marijuana from a SENTRI Participant - Another SENTRI Member Fined $500 for Failing to Declare Pork Products

- October 25 Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Agents Seize More than Seven Tons of Marijuana

- October 25 CBP U.S. Border Patrol has Successful Weekend in Marijuana Seizures

- October 25 CBP Officers Make $1.5 Million Cocaine Bust at El Paso Port of Entry

- October 25 CBP, USDA Remind Public of Prohibited Agricultural Items that Can Carry Citrus Greening Disease

- October 25 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Black Tar Heroin

- October 22 Homemade Spikes Do Not Stop Seizure of Narcotics by U.S. Border Patrol

- October 22 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Utilizes Technology to Thwart Drug Smuggling

- October 21 CBP seizes more than $799K in Undeclared Currency and Several Weapons at Nogales Port

- October 21 All in a Days Work, CBP Officers at the El Paso Port Encounter 16 Immigration Violations and 8 Drug Seizes Worth $2 Million

- October 21 CBP Officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge Seize Cocaine Hidden in Dodge Truck – Male Driver Arrested

- October 21 CBP Detains SENTRI Participant with 70 Pounds of Marijuana

- October 21 Border Patrol Checkpoints in Tucson Continue to Yield Results

- October 21 CBP Changes I-192 Criminal Waiver Processing for the State of Michigan

- October 20 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Seizes More Than $9 Million Worth of Ecstasy

- October 20 Maine Residents in Rangeley Complete Citizens Academy - First Class to Receive Certificates from Rangeley Border Patrol Station

- October 20 CBP Kicks Fake NFL, NBA, MLB Jerseys Out for Season - More than $60,000 of Counterfeit Sports Apparel Seized

- October 20 Nogales CBP Officers Intercept More than $700,000 of Marijuana in Rail Cars Over Weekend

- October 20 Oregon Fugitive Captured at the Border by CBP Officers

- October 20 Tucson Sector Border Patrol Adopts Wild Horses

- October 20 Dallas CBP Officers Perform Life-Saving CPR

- October 20 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Marijuana from Abandoned Vehicle

- October 20 Carrizo Springs Agents Foil Smuggling Attempt - Canine Finds Weed Concealed in Spare Tire Compartment

- October 19 Douglas Resident Busted With $85,000 of Marijuana at the Douglas Port of Entry

- October 19 Individual Arrested For Making False Claim to U.S Citizenship - Story Didn’t Hold Up to CBP Scrutiny

- October 19 Eagle Pass North Agents Seize Nearly $500,000 Worth of Weed - Two Loads of Marijuana in Two Days

- October 19 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Intercepts Liquid Methamphetamine Valued at More Than $300,000

- October 19 Carrizo Springs Agents Nab Convicted Sex Offender - Wanted on Outstanding Warrant by U.S. Marshals Service

- October 19 CBP Officers Seize $143,900 in Undeclared Currency in Slow Cooker and Nab Individual Wanted for Attempted Murder in Kansas

- October 19 U.S. Border Patrol Seizes Nearly a Ton of Marijuana

- October 19 London Man Arrested for Allegedly Smuggling Cocaine Statues

- October 19 Brownsville CBP Officers Intercept Over 20 People for Alleged Immigration Law Violations

- October 19 CBP at Port of Atlanta Apprehends Imposter

- October 19 Trusted Travelers’ Knock-Offs Knock Them off Global Entry - CBP Program Flies Complying Members through Dulles International Arrivals

- October 18 Andrade CBP Officers Prevent More than $359,000 in Illegal Narcotics From Entering U.S.

- October 18 CBP’s U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Ecstasy and Marijuana

- October 18 Del Rio Sector Agents Seize More Than 950 Pounds of Pot - Three Smuggling Attempts Thwarted Over the Weekend

- October 18 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agents Disrupt Various Maritime Smuggling Attempts Throughout Weekend - $300,000 Sailboat, Jet Skis, and Panga Used by Smuggler

- October 18 U.S. Border Patrol Thwarts Horse Smuggling Attempt

- October 18 El Centro Border Patrol’s 'Se Busca Información' Campaign Update

- October 18 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Assaulted Near Calexico

- October 18 CBP Records Busy Weekend at El Paso Ports of Entry

- October 18 Busy Weekend for CBP U.S. Border Patrol and National Guard

- October 18 CBP Seizes Two AK-47 Assault Rifles and Four High-Capacity Magazines in Outbound Enforcement Operation at Brownsville Port of Entry

- October 18 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Seizes $1.8 Million in Marijuana

- October 15 Agents in Texas Find Dope Stashed Under Travel Trailer

- October 15 CBP Stops $200,000 in Methamphetamine at Andrade Port

- October 15 Suspected Cocaine Traffickers Arrested by CBP U.S. Border Patrol

- October 15 Integrated Border Security Approach Results in Foiled Maritime Smuggling Attempt at Carlsbad State Beach

- October 15 CBP Agriculture Specialists Rescue Raccoon - Animal Traveled From Chile in Shipping Container

- October 15 San Juan Seaport CBP Officers seize 55 Kilos of Cocaine

- October 15 CBP Arrests New York Man Wanted in Homicide

- October 14 Uvalde Agents Foil Smuggling Attempt

- October 14 CBP Officers Apprehend Dangerous Felon at the Douglas Port of Entry

- October 14 Tractors Used to Conceal Big Pot Load at Presidio Port of Entry

- October 14 U.S. Border Patrol Seizes Heroin & Marijuana

- October 13 CBP Seizes Over $200,000 in Undeclared Currency

- October 13 Highway 78 Checkpoint Yields Marijuana Seizure

- October 13 CBP Officers Arrest Trusted Travelers for Alleged Marijuana Smuggling

- October 13 CBP in Atlanta Affects Arrest of Foreign Official Wanted for Armed Robbery

- October 13 CBP at Newark Airport Finds Bottles of Liquid Cocaine on Diverted Flight

- October 13 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Seizes an Array of Illegal Narcotics

- October 13 Highway 95 Checkpoint Yields Methamphetamine Seizure

- October 12 Eagle Pass Agents Seize Marijuana - Border Patrol Agents Seize More Than a Quarter Million Dollars Worth of Pot

- October 12 Counterfeit ‘Coach’ Scarves Out of Fashion this Fall - CBP Los Angeles Thwarts Attempt to Import 24,000 Counterfeit Pieces

- October 12 CBP Officers and Border Patrol Agents at Brownsville Port of Entry Seize $277,405 During Outbound Enforcement Operation

- October 12 Atlanta CBP Officers Nab Malaria-Ridden Nigerian

- October 12 CBP Seizes Marijuana and Psilocybin Mushrooms

- October 12 US Border Patrol Agents Seize Marijuana at Highway 86 Checkpoint

- October 12 National Guard Assists Agents in Apprehending Illegal Aliens

- October 12 Border Patrol Agents Seize Almost 900 Pounds of Marijuana Over Weekend in West Desert

- October 12 CBP Seizes $774K in Hazardous Massage Devices

- October 12 CBP Officers Put Close to $9 Million Dent on the Drug Smuggling War

- October 08 Morgan City CBP Apprehends Wanted Criminals

- October 07 Dope, Guns, Ammo Seized from Stash House

- October 07 Boy Busted with $20,000 in Marijuana at Douglas Port of Entry

- October 07 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Seizes $200K Meth Load in North County

- October 07 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Nab 3 Men with Criminal Histories

- October 07 CBP’s U.S. Border Patrol Agents Apprehend Marijuana Backpackers

- October 06 Eagle Pass South Agents Seize $826,000 Worth of Cocaine

- October 06 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Seize Methamphetamine at Checkpoint

- October 06 Double Holiday Weekend Means Heavier Traffic at Border Crossings

- October 06 CBP, Coast Guard Intercepts Vessel with 77 Bricks of Cocaine - CBP Aircraft Detected the Vessel-to-Vessel Transfer of the Narcotics

- October 06 Woman Arrested with $2.2 Million in Marijuana at Douglas Port of Entry

- October 06 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Advise Travelers To Prepare For a Busy Holiday Weekend

- October 05 Border Patrol Agents Seize More than One Ton of Dope

- October 05 CBP Officers Arrest a Sexual Offender and Seize Over 800 Pounds of Marijuana Valued at $657,000 at the El Paso Port of Entry

- October 05 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Cocaine on Interstate 8

- October 05 CBP Provides Travel Tips for Canada’s Thanksgiving Day Holiday Weekend

- October 05 Bellingham CBP Marine Unit Discovers Body - Search for Missing WWU Student Reveals Woman’s Body along Shoreline

- October 05 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Rescues Man Trapped In Vehicle

- October 05 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Spoil Maritime Smuggling Attempt

- October 04 CBP Officers Seize Cocaine and Marijuana at the Hidalgo, Pharr and Anzalduas International Bridges - Two Women and One Man Arrested

- October 04 Eagle Pass South Agents have Busy Weekend - Agents Seize Marijuana in Separate Incidents

- October 04 Drummond Island Reporting Station to Close for the Boating Season

- October 04 CBP Has New Technology to Reduce Wait Times - Prepared Travelers Can Help Facilitate the Inspection Process

- October 04 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Stop Marijuana Smuggling Attempt

- October 04 Canadian Thanksgiving Holiday Travel Reminder

- October 04 CBP Officers at San Ysidro Arrest 24 Wanted Fugitives

- October 04 CBP Rejects Commercial Shipment Due to Soil Contamination and Untreated Wood Pallets

- October 04 CBP Seizes Narcotics at Shipping Facility

- October 04 Border Patrol Agents Seize Marijuana Hidden in Tires

- October 04 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Discovers Smuggling Tunnel

- October 02 Two Tempe Women Busted for $1.4 Million of Marijuana at the Douglas Port of Entry

- October 02 CBP Officers Discover Man Hidden in Duffle Bag

- October 02 CBP Officers Seize 11,800 Rounds of Ammunition at Arizona Border

- October 01 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Gives Back to the Community

- October 01 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Carry Out Unexpected Rescue

- October 01 Illegal Alien Who Fled From Border Patrol Found Guilty

- October 01 CBP Officers Make Two Marijuana Busts at the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry

- October 01 National Guard Assists CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents with Marijuana Seizure

- October 01 Border Patrol Seizes Cocaine, Methamphetamine at Calif. Checkpoint

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