U.S. Customs and Border Protection Media Releases Update

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CBP Officers Seize More Than $737K in Marijuana at World Trade Bridge
03/30/2017 05:16 PM EDT

LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently seized a significant amount of marijuana with an estimated street value of more than $737,000 at World Trade Bridge in one enforcement action. “CBP employs numerous layers of...
2 arrested, nearly 300 pounds of suspected cocaine seized from Canada-bound aircraft
03/30/2017 03:34 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two male Canadian nationals are in custody facing federal drug charges Thursday after an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
Solis sworn in as new CBP Nogales Port Director
03/30/2017 03:11 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s new Nogales Port Director Efrain Solis Jr. was sworn in during a formal change of command ceremony earlier today at the Mariposa crossing. Efrain Solis Jr. is the new PortDirector at the Port of...
CBP Supervisor Coaches Ogdensburg High School Wrestler to New York State Finals
03/30/2017 02:55 PM EDT

OGDENSBURG, N.Y. – Bill Mitchell has been a varsity wrestling coach at Ogdensburg High School since 2001. He is also a Supervisory Customs and Border Protection officer at the Ogdensburg port of entry. SCBPO Mitchell decided to help coach wrestling...
CBP Officers at Santa Teresa Port Seize Cocaine
03/30/2017 01:34 PM EDT

SANTA TERESA, N.M -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at the Santa Teresa port of entry seized 31.5 pounds of cocaine Wednesday. The estimated street value of the seized contraband is $1,008,000....
CBP Officers at Santa Teresa Port Seize Marijuana
03/30/2017 01:18 PM EDT

SANTA TERESA, N.M -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at the Santa Teresa port of entry seized 610 pounds of marijuana late Tuesday afternoon, valued at approximately $488,000. Drugs concealed in metal...
K9 Team Finds 51 Bundles of Marijuana
03/30/2017 11:51 AM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – A Sonoita Station Border Patrol Canine Team working near Patagonia found 51 bundles of marijuana Tuesday afternoon. An agent and his canine partner trackeddrug smugglers to more than 50 abandonedbundles of marijuanaAn agent and his...