C.B.P. News Releases March 2012
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- March 30 CBP Donates 192 Toilets Seized in Drug Bust to Habitat for Humanity of Laredo-Webb County

- March 30 CBP Intercepts Agriculture Pest at Sky Harbor International Airport

- March 30 Heavy Equipment Plows Yield Over a Ton of Marijuana at Marfa Border Patrol Checkpoint

- March 30 Port of San Luis Outbound Signage Update

- March 30 Hundreds of Violations Stopped by CBP Officers During Past 2 Weeks

- March 30 CBP Arrests NYC-bound Alien Using Fraudulent Documents - Had a Puerto Rico Birth Certificate in Her Possession

- March 30 Sky Harbor International Airport Welcomes Global Entry Program

- March 29 Local Citizens Graduate From First Citizens Academy At Wellesley Island Border Patrol Station

- March 29 Nogales CBP Officers Seize Pot Shipment - Drugs Hidden in Load of Cucumbers

- March 29 Calexico Port Officers Intercept Methamphetamine Load Worth $330,000

- March 29 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Offers Tips For a Quick and Safe Easter Holiday Border Crossing Experience

- March 29 CBP Announces Facilitation Measures to Expedite Processing of Holy Week Traffic at Laredo Port of Entry

- March 28 CBP Aircraft Crew Finds Sailboat Carrying Kidnapped Children

- March 28 CBP Officers at Del Rio Intercept Baby Parrots - Smuggled birds found in traveler’s pants, luggage

- March 28 CBP Officers in Hidalgo and Brownsville Seize $1.5M in Methamphetamine and Cocaine

- March 28 Border Patrol Seizes Nearly 600 Pounds of Pot - Two Suspected Smugglers Arrested

- March 28 CBP emite consejos para viajeros al filo de los viajes de Semana Santa - Se recomienda orientarse al viajar a un destino internacional

- March 27 U.S. CBP Border Patrol Agents Intercept more than $3.5 Million of Marijuana at Interstate 15 Checkpoint

- March 27 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Nabs Drug Smuggler - Child Passenger Turned Over to Family Member

- March 27 CBP Participates in 80th Annual Northwest Sportshow in Minneapolis

- March 27 CBP in Charleston Participates in Citadel University’s Law Enforcement Day

- March 26 Blaine Border Patrol Agents Seize Nearly $1.4 Million in Drugs

- March 26 Customs and Border Protection Officers at the Anzalduas International Bridge Nab Child Smuggler

- March 26 Agents Arrest Man Who Escaped Reynosa Prison; 3 Other Felons

- March 26 U.S. Border Patrol Canines Assist in Seizure of More Than $1M of Hidden Narcotics at Interstate 8 Checkpoint

- March 26 CBP Officers at the Brownsville B & M Bridge Foil Alien Smuggling Attempt and Detect Imposters

- March 26 Weekend Smuggling Attempt Thwarted - 3,260 Pounds of Marijuana Seized

- March 26 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Abandoned Marijuana

- March 26 Dulles CBP Removes Guatemalans for U.S. Visa Fraud

- March 25 U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector
Mar. 15 – Mar. 21

- March 23 Keeping the Evergreen State Ever Green

- March 23 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Confiscate $1 Million in Meth at the Interstate 15 Checkpoint

- March 23 Border Patrol Agents Seize Nearly 17,000 Pounds of Marijuana

- March 23 Dangerous Felon Behind Bars

- March 23 Kinder Eggs Contain Potential Choking Hazard - U. S. Customs and Border Protection reminds travelers Kinder Chocolate Eggs may not be imported

- March 23 CBP at JFK Seizes Plates filled with Cocaine - U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Arrest Passenger Transporting Illegal Narcotics

- March 23 Philly CBP Claims Two Insect Pest Discovery Firsts

- March 23 Cross-Border Travelers Are Reminded of Kinder Egg Ban - Not just a holiday surprise

- March 23 CBP Employees in Charleston, S.C. Participate in Citadel University’s Law Enforcement Day

- March 23 Philly CBP Intercepts New Synthetic Designer Drug

- March 23 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Arrests 27 and Seizes $1.3 Million in Marijuana

- March 23 CBP Officers in San Juan Discover 11 Pounds of Cocaine Inside a Computer

- March 22 Border Patrol Nabs $2 Million in Hard Narcotics

- March 22 Border Patrol Agents Seize Abandoned Marijuana

- March 22 CBP Officers at LAX Capture Accused Child Molester - U.S. Citizen Facing Child Fondling Charges in South Carolina

- March 22 CBP Reminds Travelers to Obtain the I-94 Permit Early and Offers Tips for Travelers

- March 22 CBP in Calexico Arrest Local Man for Alleged Cocaine Smuggling

- March 22 CBP Seizes Unreported Currency at Blue Water Bridge

- March 21 Nogales CBP Officers Prevent Currency Smuggling Attempt

- March 21 Undocumented Immigrants Rescued From Mud, Resident Pulled Out of Burning Car in Separate Incidents

- March 21 CBP Arrests 10 Haitians After Landing in Aguadilla

- March 21 Local Citizens Graduate from First Citizen’s Academy in Whatcom County

- March 21 CBP Officers in San Diego Find 261 Pounds of Marijuana Hidden in Bed of Truck

- March 21 Dulles CBP Scores Record Internal Narcotics Seizure - 180 Pellets, Nearly 5 Pounds of Heroin, Lands Nigerian Woman in Jail

- March 21 CBIG authorities intercept 18 undocumented aliens near Mona

- March 20 CBP Quick and Easy Trusted Traveler Global Entry Program Arrives at Denver International Airport

- March 20 Rocksprings Border Patrol Agents Nab Previously Deported Sex Offender

- March 20 Border Patrol Seizes 407 Pounds of Pot, Arrests 11

- March 20 CBP Officers Arrest Air Force Deserter

- March 19 CBP Bags Counterfeit Purses in Seattle

- March 19 Back-to-Back Heroin Loads Seized at Checkpoint

- March 19 Border Patrol Seizes More Than One Ton of Marijuana - Weekend narcotics total exceeds $1 million

- March 19 CBP at DHL Find More Than Books in Bookcase

- March 19 CBP and Houlton Junior High Students To Host Two Women’s History Month Events

- March 16 Calexico East Port Officers Discover $225,000 worth of Cocaine from 23-Year-Old Male U.S. Citizen

- March 16 Douglas CBP Officers Seize Unreported Currency - Douglas woman arrested for $50,000 smuggling attempt

- March 16 U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector Mar. 8 – Mar. 14

- March 16 Convicted Felon Returned to Prison for Re-entering U.S.

- March 16 Port of San Luis Begins Lane Expansion Project

- March 16 CBP Has Multiple Khapra Beetles Intercepts in New York and New Jersey

- March 16 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Over $547,000 in Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry

- March 16 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Targets Narcotics Staging Areas

- March 16 CBP Quick and Easy Trusted Traveler Global Entry Program Arrives at Charlotte-Douglas Airport

- March 16 Nogales CBP Officers Arrest Prison Escapee - Fugitive wanted by Colorado Department of Corrections

- March 16 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Graduates First El Paso Area R.E.A.L. Mission Class

- March 15 CBP at JFK Seize Over 26 Pounds of Cocaine Over the Weekend

- March 15 CBP Arrests Four With Outstanding Warrants in One Day

- March 15 Illegal Aliens Found Living in Deplorable Conditions at Stash House

- March 15 San Juan CBP Nabs Wanted Mexican Impostor - Posed as a Puerto Rican born USC; Sought by Northampton, PA Police

- March 14 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Rescue 2 Illegal Aliens from Stifling Hot Trailer

- March 14 CBP Officers at Peace Bridge Arrest Man in Possession of Child Pornography

- March 14 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Arrests Multiple Sex Offenders

- March 14 CBP Officers at El Paso Port Bust Latest Smuggling Trick

- March 14 Convicted Felon Sent Back to Prison-Tucson Sector

- March 14 Nogales Bust Nets Meth, Heroin Worth $431k

- March 14 Border Patrol Agents Seize $92k

- March 13 Human Smugglers Apprehended at Border Patrol Checkpoint

- March 13 Man Wanted on Indecency with a Child/Sexual Contact Charges Captured by CBP Officers

- March 13 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Seize Cocaine Worth $7.3 Million

- March 13 El Centro Sector Border Patrol Saves Lost Man in Mountains

- March 12 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Partners with State, Local and Provincial Authorities in Emergency Response Exercise

- March 12 Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Cocaine Load from Albuquerque Man

- March 12 CBP Agriculture Specialists Stop Prohibited Seeds, Cache of Mangoes, & Smuggled Bird Carcasses at San Diego Border - Prevent Prohibited Items that Could Carry Pests and Disease from Entering U.S.

- March 12 Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Over $414,000 in Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry

- March 12 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Seizes 1,361 Pounds of Marijuana

- March 12 Emergency Phone Call Leads To Double Rescue

- March 12 Technology, Coordinated Efforts Apprehend Large Group of Illegal Aliens

- March 12 CBP Reminds Travelers to ‘Know Before You Go’

- March 12 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Seizes $2.2 Million Worth of Cocaine in Yuma - Female U.S. citizen arrested at train station

- March 12 Del Rio Sector CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Nearly $250K in Narcotics

- March 09 U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector Mar. 1 – Mar. 7

- March 09 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Arrest Sex Offender Wanted in Arizona

- March 09 Rescue Beacon Helps Agents Save Man’s Life

- March 09 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Uncover Dangerous Human Smuggling Plot

- March 09 CBP Border Patrol Apprehends Convicted Felon - Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison

- March 09 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize $68k and Marijuana

- March 09 Border Patrol’s Targeted Operations Huge Success - Coordinated enforcement disrupts smuggling in west desert

- March 08 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents In Southern Arizona Seize Abandoned Vehicles, Marijuana

- March 08 Cargo Drug Load Nets CBP Officers 1,397 Pounds of Marijuana

- March 08 Border Patrol Agents Seize $47K and Marijuana

- March 08 CBP Detroit Stops Another Shipment of Hazardous Toys - Similar shipment seized in January

- March 08 CBP Officers at Detroit Windsor Tunnel Arrest Imposter

- March 08 Importation Advisory – Kinder Eggs

- March 08 CBP USBP Checkpoint Thwarts Transport of Meth, Cocaine and Heroin

- March 08 Convicted Felon Apprehended, Sentenced to Prison

- March 07 Dulles CBP Seizes 924 Packs of Cigarettes from Passenger - Traveler Lacked Import Permit and Concealed Smokes in Blankets

- March 07 Feds Arrest Suspected Large-Scale Smuggler of Counterfeit Sex Drugs

- March 07 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize $62k, Guns, Ammo

- March 07 CBP Officers Stop Tennessee Man with 128 Pounds of Marijuana

- March 07 Marfa Border Patrol Agents Seize 1086 lbs of Marijuana at Highway 67 Checkpoint

- March 07 Air and Marine in Southern Arizona Provides Fast Rope Platform to Rescue Injured Man

- March 06 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize more than 2 tons of Marijuana

- March 06 CBP Reminds Travelers to ‘Know Before You Go’ - Refresh Your Knowledge of Border Crossing Requirements

- March 06 CBP Officers Seize Over $2.1 Million in Cocaine at Hidalgo Port

- March 06 CBP Officers At Southern California Ports Seize Nearly $1Million Worth Of Hard Narcotics Over Weekend

- March 06 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Arrest 2 Convicted Criminals

- March 06 Tucson Sector Border Patrol Rescues U.S. Citizen

- March 06 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Announces Citizens Academy - Van Buren Station in Northern Maine to Host Academy

- March 06 CBP U.S. Border Patrol In Tucson Seizes More Than 1 Million In Marijuana From Smugglers

- March 06 Carrizo Springs Border Patrol Agents Seize Record $15 Million Worth of Marijuana

- March 05 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Over $355,000 in Methamphetamines at South Texas Port of Entry

- March 05 CBP Finds Woman in Wall of Van and More Than 1,000 Pounds of Narcotics Over Weekend

- March 05 CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents In Southern California Rescue Individual From Canal

- March 05 Single Bust in Nogales Nets more than $800K in Cocaine, Meth

- March 05 CBP U.S. Border Patrol in Tucson Detain Wanted Felon - Fingerprint Technology Key in Identification

- March 02 CBP Joins Government Agencies to Announce Charges Against 32 Suspects in Complex Case

- March 02 Border Patrol Confiscates Abandoned Marijuana - Narcotics Valued at $1.35 Million

- March 02 CBP Officers Seize Over $1.9 Million in Cocaine at Hidalgo Port

- March 02 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Receive Highest Award by CBP - Jackman and Houlton, Maine agents honored for bravery

- March 02 San Diego Native with the U.S. Border Patrol to Accept Prestigious CBP Team Award

- March 02 CBP Officers and Border Patrol Agents from Laredo, Rio Grande City, Brownsville Earn Commissioners Awards for Exemplary Service

- March 02 CBP Officers and Border Patrol Agents from Eagle Pass, Del Rio Earn Commissioners Awards for Exemplary Service

- March 02 CBP Officers at Hidalgo Port Arrest Man Wanted on Rape Charges

- March 02 CBP Officers Discover $585,000 of Cocaine in Container Panels at LA/Long Beach Seaport - Container originated in El Salvador with vessel stops in Guatemala and Mexico

- March 02 Dangerous Illegal Alien Sentenced to Confinement

- March 02 U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter, Blaine Sector Feb. 23 – Feb. 29

- March 01 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize More Than $381,000 in Cocaine at Port of Brownsville

- March 01 CBP Border Patrol Seizes Nearly $700,000 in Marijuana

- March 01 CBP Officers Seize Meth Worth Over Quarter Million Dollars

- March 01 CBP Seizes Imitation Perfume

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