U.S. Customs and Border Protection Media Releases Update

U.S. Customs and Border Protection sent this bulletin at 10/30/2018 06:00 PM EDT

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Border Patrol Agents Seize Meth Hidden in Gas Tank
10/30/2018 04:56 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – Nogales Border Patrol agents arrested a U.S. citizen Sunday morning after finding more than 27 pounds of methamphetamine inside his vehicle’s gas tank at the Interstate 19 Immigration Checkpoint.   Shortly after 8 a.m., a 31-year-old...
Eduardo Payan Selected as Chief Patrol Agent for U.S. Border Patrol’s Buffalo Sector
10/30/2018 04:33 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla L. Provost has appointed Eduardo Payan as the new Chief Patrol Agent (CPA) for the Buffalo Sector following the promotion of Brian S. Hastings to Deputy Chief, Law Enforcement Operations at U.S. Border...
Nogales CBP Officers Interrupt Methamphetamine Smuggling Attempt
10/30/2018 03:16 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. –U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Nogales arrested a Mexican national connected with a failed attempt to smuggle methamphetamine into the United States on Saturday. Officers removed packages of methfrom...
Douglas CBP Officers End $66K Drug Smuggling Attempt
10/30/2018 03:01 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona, prevented three Phoenix area women from smuggling more than 20 pounds of methamphetamine into the United States Saturday. A CBP...
Oficiales de CBP en Nogales incautan $ 523K en narcóticos
10/30/2018 02:36 PM EDT

TUCSON, Arizona –Los oficiales en el Puerto de Nogales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos, arrestaron el jueves a un mexicano y un estadounidense implicados por separado con intentos fallidos de contrabandear cocaína, heroína y...
Incautan en Eagle Pass narcóticos ilegales valorados en casi $400,000
10/30/2018 02:13 PM EDT

DEL RIO, Texas - Agentes asignados a la Estación Eagle Pass de la Patrulla Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos, en coordinación con los oficiales de policía de Eagle Pass, incautaron 15.5 libras de narcóticos, que incluían heroína de alquitrán negro,...