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Operation Stop the Flow Yields More than $500K of Counterfeits Seized by Kansas City CBP Officers
03/15/2021 04:59 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo— As part of the U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Fiscal Year 2021 prioritization of enforcement actions the Kansas City Port of Entry conducted Operation Stop the Flow from February 15 to March 15 to interrupt the flood of...
Laredo Sector Border Patrol and Laredo Police Department Shuts Down Stash House
03/15/2021 04:09 PM EDT

LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents, working with Laredo Police Department (LPD), shuts down a stash house in west Laredo. The incident occurred in the late morning of March 13, when Laredo North agents responded to a call for...
Fentanyl pills, meth and illegal alien intercepted at checkpoint
03/15/2021 01:47 PM EDT

YUMA, Ariz. – A truck containing $30,000 worth of fentanyl pills, personal use methamphetamine and an illegal alien who had previously been deported were intercepted at the Interstate 8 immigration checkpoint Saturday afternoon.Yuma BP agents seized...
Large Groups Continue to Flow into the RGV
03/15/2021 01:20 PM EDT

EDINBURG, Texas – Over the weekend, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande City (RGC) station encountered two large groups of illegal aliens crossing into the United States.Saturday morning, RGC agents responded to a report of a large...
CBP Port Huron Seizes Handgun and Marijuana
03/15/2021 01:20 PM EDT

Gun seized at Blue Water Bridge PORT HURON, Mich. – Last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations officers at the Blue Water Bridge seized an unregistered handgun and marijuana.Marijuana seized atBlue Water Bridge ...