C.B.P. News Releases Jan. 2011

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- January 31 Narcotics and Alien Smuggling Attempts Keep Federal Partners Busy - Within 24 hours CBIG & CCSF law enforcement authorities rescue 11 Cuban aliens and intercept a vessel with 89 bricks of cocaine; 20 more aliens under way

- January 31 CBP’s U.S. Border Patrol Seized $2.8 Million in Marijuana

- January 29 Three Homicide Suspects Turn Themselves in at Nogales Port of Entry
Wanted in Pima County

- January 28 SENTRI Member Caught with Marijuana at Border

- January 28 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Arrest Alien Involved in Burglary

- January 28 CBP Instates Broker Management Plan for Area Port of Memphis

- January 28 Calexico Port Officers Stop 63-Year-old U.S. Citizen from Attempting to Smuggle Methamphetamine through the Downtown Port Pedestrian Area

- January 28 Agents Seize More Than 7 Tons of Marijuana Over Weekend

- January 27 CBP Seizes 3 Kilograms of Ecstasy at the Detroit/Canada Tunnel

- January 27 Border Patrol Vehicles Spiked; Over 10 Tons of Dope Seized

- January 27 California CBP Officers Stop Illegal Entry Attempts

- January 27 CBP, National Guard, Mexican Authorities Team to Seize Catapult, Drugs

- January 27 Agents Stop $1.6 Million in Marijuana Smuggling Attempts

- January 26 Officers Use High-Tech X-Ray to Discover Marijuana in Douglas

- January 26 CBP officers in El Paso area ports make cocaine and marijuana busts over the weekend with a value of $4,117,877

- January 26 Border Patrol Trackers Find Stashed Bundles of Marijuana

- January 26 CBP Officers in Buffalo Arrest Imposter

- January 25 Sophisticated Smuggling Attempt by Tempe Man At the Douglas Port of Entry

- January 25 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Over 1,800 Pounds of Marijuana

- January 25 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Marijuana

- January 25 Rio Grande City Agents Seize Assault Rifles, Hand Grenades

- January 25 CBP Seizes $2M in Fake Goods Over 10-Week Period In Detroit

- January 24 CBP Officers at the Pharr International Bridge Seized $1.7 Million in Cocaine - Reynosa Woman Arrested

- January 24 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Methamphetamine

- January 24 CBP at Progreso Port Of Entry Arrest Man Wanted by ATF/USMS for Straw Purchase

- January 24 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Ton of Marijuana

- January 24 CBP Officers Seize Over $414,000 in Cocaine and Marijuana at Brownsville Port of Entry

- January 24 Calexico Port Officers Seize $756,000 worth of Narcotics within a Two-Hour Time Span

- January 24 Interstate 8 Checkpoint Operation Yield Methamphetamine Seizure

- January 24 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Arrest Wanted Sex Offender

- January 24 CBP to host seminar for local import/export/trade community - Supply chain security to be discussed at free event

- January 21 CBP Stops Destructive Beetle in San Diego, Keeps New Bug Out of U.S.

- January 21 CBP Stops Notoriously Invasive Pests at LA/LB Seaport - Khapra Beetle Interception Marks Fourth Seizure in the Last Two and a Half Months

- January 21 CBP Seizes Marijuana Found Hidden in Gas Tank at Hidalgo Bridge

- January 21 Agents in Texas Seize 2 Tons of Marijuana in One Day

- January 21 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Foils Cocaine Smuggling Attempt

- January 21 CBP Advises of Construction at Eastport, Idaho Port of Entry

- January 21 CBP Arrests Alien Impostor Attempting to Enter With U.S. Passport

- January 21 CBP Leads Multi-Agency River Operation

- January 21 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize $1.28M in Cocaine

- January 19 CBP in Los Angeles Captures Man Sought in Child's Death

- January 19 Drummond Island Ice Bridge to Reopen

- January 19 CBP Enforcement Actions Remain High at Area El Paso Ports of Entry during Holiday Weekend

- January 19 Minneapolis CBP Officers Apprehend Wanted Man

- January 18 U.S. Border Patrol Seizes Large Quantity of Marijuana Over Long Weekend - Busts Net More Than $4 Million in Narcotics

- January 18 CBP at Hidalgo International Bridge Finds Marijuana Hidden in Tires

- January 18 Murder Suspect Caught at Nogales Port of Entry

- January 18 CBP Officers Nab Fugitive at the Baudette Port of Entry

- January 18 CBP Officers Seize Over $587,000 in Cocaine and Marijuana and Six Liters of Liquid Methamphetamine at Brownsville Port of Entry

- January 18 CBP in San Diego & Imperial Valley Seize $1.3 Million Worth of Narcotics, Apprehend Eight Fugitives and Stop More Than 250 Illegal Aliens - Over Busy Holiday Weekend

- January 18 CBP Seizes in Excess of $400,000 in Undeclared Currency

- January 18 CBP Pushes Pest Infested Vessel Offshore the Virgin Islands - The “Khapra Beetleâ€