Thread: July 2009 CBP News Releases

July 2009 CBP News Releases

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- July 30 CBP Officers Seize Marijuana Hidden Under Van’s Fenders

- July 30 CBP Officers Seize $134,000 of Marijuana at Arizona Border Entry

- July 30 CBP to Launch Frequent Traveler Program at West Arizona Entry

- July 30 Customs and Border Protection Officers Stop 3 Undocumented Children from Being Smuggled Into U.S. via Taxi

- July 30 U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Start SENTRI Program at San Luis Port of Entry

- July 30 DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, Governor Gregoire, Congressman Larsen Visit CBP Facilities in Northwest

- July 30 Half Million in Cocaine Intercepted at Border Patrol Checkpoint

- July 30 CBP Issues Holiday Travel Advisory for Northern Border Crossers

- July 29 Meet CBP’s ‘Superdogs’ Trained to Find Prohibited Agricultural Products

- July 29 Havre Sector Border Patrol Agents Assist in Cut Bank Arrest

- July 29 Vehicle’s Tires at Texas Border Crossing Conceal 137 Pounds of Marijuana

- July 29 CBP Provides Travel Tips for Border Crossers Over Canadian Holiday Weekend

- July 29 CBP Selects Broker Self-Assessment Pilot Participants

- July 29 CBP Advises Border Crossers to Prepare for Busy Canadian Holiday Weekend

- July 28 CBP Aircraft, Interagency Coordination Thwart Semi-Submersible

- July 28 CBP Officers in Brownsville Find 100 Pounds of Marijuana in Vehicle’s Tires

- July 28 3 U.S. Teens Caught with Boat-Load of Marijuana - CBP Officers Find More than 1,000 Pounds Hidden Beneath Deck

- July 28 Smuggler Abandons Vehicle Full of Marijuana to Avoid Arrest

- July 28 Akwesasne Tribal Chief Recognized by Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar

- July 28 Memorial Services to be Held for Border Patrol Agent Killed in the Line of Duty

- July 27 Marfa Sector Border Patrol Donates 2,433 Pounds of Food - Alpine Air and Marine Branch Contributes

- July 27 Houlton Sector Receives Largest Intern Class for Maine - 19 New Border Patrol Agents Enter on Duty

- July 27 CBP Launches Technology Demonstrator Vessel in Texas

- July 27 CBP in Michigan Stops Frequent Crosser with Drugs

- July 27 Border Patrol Agents Seize $1.4 Million Worth of Cocaine

- July 27 Border Patrol Seizes Undeclared Cash in Southeast California

- July 27 SENTRI Participant Caught with Marijuana

- July 24 Border Patrol in South Texas Establishes Record for Marijuana Seizures

- July 24 Border Patrol, Local Police Team to Break Up Smuggling Operation

- July 24 CBP Stops Illegal Prescriptions at Detroit Airport

- July 24 CBP Officers Thwart Drug Smuggling Attempt at New York Entry

- July 24 CBP Officers Seize $1.7 Million in Cocaine at Texas Entry

- July 24 Statement by U. S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Jayson Ahern on Death of Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas

- July 24 CBP Officers in Arizona Catch Teen with Marijuana Taped to Body

- July 24 Border Patrol Agents Make Significant Arrest in Louisiana

- July 23 CBP Officers Seize Close to $3 Million Worth of Marijuana

- July 23 Kidnapping Fugitive with $1 Million Bail Caught at San Ysidro Port

- July 23 Border Patrol Seizes Marijuana Despite Attempt to Shield it in Lead

- July 23 Calexico, Calif. Port Officers Stop Almost $1 Million Worth of Narcotics at Border

- July 23 CBP Mail Officers Pan Movie after Finding Hash in DVD Case

- July 23 U.S. Border Patrol Seizes 1,300 Pounds of Marijuana in 2 Incidents

- July 23 CBP Aircraft Assist in $150 Million Cocaine Seizure

- July 23 CBP in Philadelphia sees Flurry of Enforcement Activity, Including Seizure of Undeclared Currency

- July 22 Border Patrol Seizes Cash, Drugs, Weapons in Southeast California

- July 22 CBP in South Texas Seizes $1.7 Million in Cocaine, Marijuana During Past 2 Days

- July 21 CBP Officers Bump into Nearly $300K Worth of Marijuana

- July 21 Man Sought on Homicide Charges Surrenders at Columbus Port of Entry

- July 21 Almost $600,000 in Hard Narcotics Seized at Calexico Downtown Port – 3 Arrested

- July 21 California Prison Escapee Nabbed by CBP in El Paso

- July 21 CBP Officers Find $100K Hidden in Box of Detergent

- July 20 CBP Officers at Hidalgo/Reynosa Bridge Find $6.6 Million in Cocaine in Commercial Bus

- July 20 Deep Compartment Does Not Defeat CBP K-9 at Douglas Port of Entry

- July 20 CBP Los Angeles Seizes $428,232 in Undeclared Currency

- July 20 CBP Finds Almost Half Ton of Marijuana on 'Fishing Boat'

- July 20 Agriculture Specialists in Los Angeles Intercept 2,845 Pests during 3rd Quarter

- July 20 Disturbing Trend: U.S. Teens Used for Smuggling Narcotics

- July 20 Border Patrol Rescues Heat Up - 30 People Rescued

- July 20 CBP Officers Seize $164,000 in Marijuana at Douglas Port of Entry

- July 20 $320K Cocaine Cache Intercepted by Border Patrol

- July 20 Los Angeles CBP Seizes $5.1 Million Worth of Fake Merchandise

- July 20 CBP Seizes Dog Food, Other Prohibited Food Products during Agriculture Operation

- July 17 Border Patrol Agents Rescue 33 Undocumented Migrants, Seize 800 Pounds of Marijuana in 3 Separate Cases

- July 17 East County Border Patrol Checkpoint Active with More than $4 Million in Cocaine Seizures

- July 17 CBP Officers Seize 40 Pounds of Marijuana from Hidden Compartment in Trunk

- July 17 Speaker Box Yields More than Music: CBP Officers Find Illegal Alien Hidden Inside

- July 17 20 Mexican Nationals Arriving on Smuggling Boat Nabbed at South Ponto Beach

- July 17 Fishy Ice Chest Yields Marijuana Load at El Paso Port of Entry

- July 16 CBP Officers Seize 2 Marijuana Loads at Del Rio Port of Entry

- July 16 CBP Officers Seize $1.3 Million in Heroin Hidden in Battery at Laredo Port of Entry; 2 Arrested

- July 16 Border Patrol Partnerships Save Lives in Arizona Desert

- July 16 Not Cool: CBP Officers Discover Meth Worth $1.3 Million Behind Truck Cooling Unit

- July 16 CBP Arrests U.K. Traveler Charged with Sexual Assault on a Minor in Nebraska

- July 16 Agents Seize Rafted Marijuana near Rio Grande River

- July 16 Baltimore CBP Heads Off Another Bird Soap Threat

- July 16 CBP in Norfolk Seizes Counterfeit Jeans

- July 15 CBP Officers at Hidalgo/Reynosa International Bridge Seize 9MM Handgun Found on Pedestrian Traveling South into Mexico

- July 15 Border Patrol Agents Nab 9 Suspects, Marijuana Bundles

- July 15 CBP, CBSA Reminds Travelers: Leave Firewood at Home When Traveling Across Border

- July 15 Border Patrol Agents Intercept Yuma Drug Smuggling Attempt

- July 15 Rio Grande City Border Patrol Rescues Elderly Couple

- July 15 CBP Officers in Buffalo Arrest Imposter

- July 15 Border Patrol Canine Team Makes $1.7 Million Drug Seizure

- July 15 Border Patrol Seizes Drug Shipment from Truck Engine

- July 14 CBP Announces 1 Million Pound Record Breaking Seizure Total in Tucson Sector

- July 14 Tecate CBP Officers Make $330,000 Cocaine Bust

- July 14 CBP Officers in North Dakota Seize $120,000 in Counterfeit Goods

- July 14 Border Patrol Checkpoint in Calif. Twice Seizes 66 Pounds of Cocaine

- July 14 CBP Officers Seize $10 Million in Cocaine Hidden within Bus at Laredo Port

- July 14 CBP Officers Seize $1 Million of Marijuana at Arizona Port of Entry

- July 14 CBP Announces FY 2009 Third-Quarter Statistics

- July 14 Border Patrol Saves Mother, Daughter, Woman from Heat After Ditched by Smugglers

- July 14 CBP in Charleston Bags Illegally Imported Endangered Species

- July 13 Border Patrol Agents Help Fight Cancer with ‘Relay for Life’

- July 13 CBP Officers at San Diego, Imperial Valley County Border Ports Foil 63 Narcotic Seizures - Drugs Valued at $9 Million, Apprehend 32 Fugitives

- July 13 Border Battle 2009 Football Game Raises More than $25,000 for Special Olympics

- July 13 At Eagle Pass Port of Entry, CBP Officers Apprehend Man Wanted for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child

- July 13 CBP Officers Stop Dozens of Immigration Violations this Weekend

- July 12 CBP: Northbound Traffic into Cornwall, Ontario, Canada to Open July 13

- July 10 Havre Sector Participates in Relay for Life

- July 10 Border Patrol Sees New Smuggling Trend at Checkpoint

- July 10 Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Launches Multi-Agency Effort

- July 10 Seattle CBP Narcotics Detector K9 Retires

- July 10 CBP in San Diego Stops Record Number of Harmful Pests from Entering U.S.

- July 10 CBP in Charleston Intercepts Counterfeit Clothing Shipments

- July 10 False Vehicle Compartments Conceal Marijuana at Douglas Port

- July 10 CBP Officers Nab Man Wanted on Weapons Export Charges

- July 10 SENTRI Participant Arrested after Otay Mesa Port CBP Officers Find Narcotics in Vehicle

- July 10 CBP, ICE Arrest N.Y. Man for Identity Theft

- July 10 CBP Seizes $268,000 in Undeclared Cash Crossing into Mexico

- July 10 Border Patrol’s Oldest Living Patrol Inspector Dies at 101

- July 10 Border Patrol Intercepts $800,000 Cocaine Cache

- July 09 Blaine Border Patrol 2nd in Command Sworn in

- July 09 CBP Officers Flatten Drug Smugglers' Attempts in Arizona

- July 09 Accused Steroid Smuggler Fined $5,000, May Face Deportation

- July 09 CBP Detains Port-Running Subject; $5,000 Penalty Assessed

- July 09 CBP Officers Seize Marijuana Hidden in Gas Tank

- July 09 CBP Arrests Wanted Man at Brownsville, Texas Entry

- July 09 Border Patrol Agents Arrest Convicted Sex Offender

- July 09 Concerned Citizen Alerts Agents to Marijuana Smuggling Attempt

- July 09 Brownsville CBP Discover $76,000 Worth of Marijuana in Vehicle’s Tires

- July 09 CBP Officers Seize $29,000 in Undeclared Currency

- July 09 CBP Seizes Half Ton of Cocaine Hidden in Coffee Shipment

- July 09 CBP Stops $4 Million Cocaine Smuggling Attempt

- July 09 New Orleans CBP Officers Nab Cruise Passenger Wanted by FBI

- July 08 CBP Seizes $180,000 in Marijuana from False Floor of Vehicle

- July 08 CBP Officers Seize $807,000 of Marijuana at Naco, Ariz. Entry

- July 08 Border Patrol in San Diego Uncovers Elaborate Smuggling Schemes

- July 08 CBP Officers in Minnesota Apprehend Stowaway in Rail Car

- July 08 CBP in Florida Intercepts Counterfeit Sneakers Worth $300,000

- July 08 Border Patrol Technology Tramples Smuggling Attempts in Brownsville

- July 08 CBP Officers, Border Patrol Agents in Hidalgo Apprehend Fugitive Wanted for Capital Murder, Auto Theft

- July 07 New York CBP, Local Police Rescue Autistic Teen from Water

- July 07 CBP Launches Technology Demonstrator Vessel in Gulfport

- July 07 Phoenix Women Arrested for Child Smuggling at Arizona Port

- July 07 CBP Turns Out the Lights on Invasive Moth

- July 07 CBP Catches Man Wanted for Indecency with Child Attempting to Leave U.S. on Cruise Ship

- July 07 CBP Officers Seize Suitcase Full of $400K in Heroin at Hidalgo Port of Entry

- July 07 CBP Seizes More than $14 Million in Narcotics in June at Nogales Port of Entry

- July 07 Douglas CBP Officers Seize $1.5 Million in Marijuana from Furniture Shipment

- July 07 CBP Completes Unmanned Aircraft Surveillance in Great Lakes Region

- July 06 CBP Washington Sponsors Bellingham Bells Baseball Game

- July 06 Border Patrol Seizes Heroin, Cocaine at California Checkpoint

- July 06 Border Patrol Agents Rescue 4 Subjects from Arizona Desert

- July 06 CBP Seizes Drugs Valued at $3.4 Million, Apprehends 15 Fugitives during Fourth of July Weekend

- July 06 CBP Officers in Brownsville Have Busy Fourth of July Weekend - Seize Close to $57,000 in Marijuana, Arrest Several Wanted Fugitives

- July 06 CBP Makes Methamphetamine Bust at Columbus Port of Entry

- July 06 Phoenix CBP Agriculture Specialists Discover Destructive Pest in Cut Flower Shipment

- July 06 CBP in Atlanta Intercepts Illegally Imported Crocodile

- July 06 Laredo Border Patrol Marijuana Seizures Top 5,000 Pounds, Largest Load Totals $2.1M

- July 06 CBP Agents Rescue 5 U.S. Citizens from Capsized Boat off Coast of Puerto Rico

- July 05 CBP Seizes Drug Paraphernalia at New Jersey Mail Facility - Newark Officers Seize Half of a Million Dollars in Drug Pipes

- July 03 140 Pounds Marijuana Smuggling Attempt Thwarted at Lukeville Port of Entry

- July 02 CBP Officers Find Marijuana in Teenage Couple’s Baby Carrier

- July 02 CBP Officers Stop Million Dollar Ecstasy Smuggling Attempt in New York

- July 02 CBP Officers Find Meth Hidden in Fire Extinguisher, Also Seize Cocaine

- July 02 CBP Officers Seize 29 Pounds of Cocaine Worth $938,000 at Brownsville Port

- July 02 Mules Drop Million Dollar Load of Marijuana near Rio Grande River

- July 02 CBP Officers at Hidalgo/Reynosa International Bridge Seize Cocaine Found Hidden in Truck’s Dashboard

- July 02 CBP Officers Seize $352,000 in Cocaine at Laredo Port of Entry

- July 02 Buffalo CBP Advises Travelers to Prepare for Busy Holiday Weekend

- July 01 Phoenix Couple Arrested for Child Smuggling at Douglas Port of Entry

- July 01 CBP Components Support Sumas Community Day Festivities

- July 01 Japan, U.S. Sign Arrangement to Align Security Standards for Cross-Border Business

- July 01 CBP Fights Identity Theft at Arizona Ports of Entry - More than 500 cases since January 2009

http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/

RELATED

I.C.E. News Releases July 2009

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-165282.html

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http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/