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Motorcycles, ATVs Transferred to the Government of Mexico to Assist in Combating Shared Transnational Threats; Increase Public Safety on Both Sides of U.S./Mexico Border -   March 30 CBP Officers at the Nogales Port of Entry Arrest a 94-year-old Woman Carrying 10.5 Pounds of Marijuana - Estimated Street Value of $5,250 -   March 30 CBP Recognizes Indianapolis Officer for Selfless Act -   March 30 CBP Intercepts Impostors and Illegal Aliens -   March 30 U.S. Border Patrol Seizes $2.7 Million in 3 Narcotics Seizures at Highway 86 Checkpoint -   March 30 CBP Officers Intercept 10 Individuals in Violation of Immigration Law at Brownsville Port of Entry -   March 30 CBP Opens Intelligence and Operations Coordination Center -   March 30 CBP Helps Bring Suspected Murderer to Justice - Fugitive Caught Using Altered Documents -   March 30 CBP Jacksonville Air Branch Foils Maritime Human Smuggling Attempt; 5 Prosecuted and Sentenced -   March 30 CBP Officers Seize More than $6 Million in Narcotics, Intercept 21 Immigration Violations at Laredo Port of Entry -   March 29 Vehicle Head Liner Conceals Marijuana -   March 29 FAST Driver Slowed in Blaine - Violation Leaves Driver Without Trusted Travel Program Privileges -   March 29 U.S. Border Patrol Arrest Multiple Sex Offenders -   March 29 Border Patrol Agents Seize $2.3 Million in Narcotics throughout New Mexico, West Texas -   March 29 CBP Catches Police Officer Attempting to Cross into U.S. with Illegal Alien -   March 26 Del Rio Border Patrol Employees Honored for Service -   March 26 Yuma Sector Border Patrol Agents Receive National Recognition for Outstanding Service -   March 26 CBP Offers Tips for a Quick and Safe Easter Holiday Border Crossing Experience -   March 26 Convicted Child Sex Offender Arrested by U.S. Border Patrol -   March 26 Border Patrol Recognizes 'Head of the Class' Award Recipients in Texas -   March 26 DHS Agency Recognizes Officers Returning from Iraq - Former Eden Resident Among Recipients -   March 25 CBP Agriculture Specialists in New Jersey Intercept 336 Decorative Easter Eggs -   March 25 CBP Personnel Seize Ammunition and Magazines in Brownsville -   March 25 Border Patrol Agents Rescue 10 from El Paso Storm Drains -   March 25 Brownsville Port of Entry U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Over $723,000 in Cocaine -   March 25 CBP Officers Seize More Than 5 Tons of Marijuana Valued at $10 Million at World Trade Bridge -   March 25 El Paso CBP Officers Seize Marijuana, Bologna From SENTRI Participants -   March 25 CBP Offers Tips for Travelers Crossing the Border During Spring Break -   March 24 CBP Officers at Pharr Commercial Cargo Facility Seize Unsafe Baby Pacifiers -   March 24 CBP Officers at the Anzalduas/Reynosa International Bridge Seize Alleged Counterfeit State of Texas Vehicle Safety Inspection Decals -   March 24 Border Patrol Agents Nab Suspected Heroin Smugglers -   March 24 Nogales Border Patrol Canine Assist Yields Marijuana - Cooperation with Sherriff’s Office Leads to Hidden Compartment -   March 24 Smuggler’s Ingenuity Still No Match for Alert Border Patrol Agents -   March 24 Miami CBP Seizes Counterfeit Designer Merchandise Valued at $5.2 Million -   March 24 CBP Officers at Arizona Port Seize More than $1 Million Worth of Marijuana and Heroin -   March 23 CBP Officers at the Rio Grande City/Camargo International Bridge Seize Marijuana Found Hidden in a GMC Yukon -   March 23 Brownsville U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Close to $161,000 in Marijuana -   March 23 CBP Officers at the Hidalgo/Reynosa International Bridge Seize Marijuana Found Hidden in the Bed of a Dodge Pickup Truck -   March 23 Calexico Port Officers seize cocaine worth $670,770 during morning hours -   March 23 South Texas Border Patrol Agents Find Nearly $1 Million Worth of Marijuana -   March 23 CBP Working Closely with Community to Reduce Border Crossing Times - Technology Enhancements and Streamlined Queuing Mean More Secure and Efficient Borders -   March 23 Smugglers Plunge into Rio Grande to Elude Apprehension -   March 22 Del Rio Sector Agents Seize Marijuana - Border Patrol Agents Seize More than Half a Million Dollars Worth of Pot -   March 22 CBP Officers to Provide Training on Steel and NAFTA in Montana -   March 22 CBP Officers in San Diego and Imperial Valley Seize More than $115,000 in one week -   March 22 Brownsville Port of Entry U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Intercept 10 for Violations of Immigration Law -   March 22 More than 5 Tons of Drugs Seized Over the Weekend Across Rio Grande Valley - Drugs Total Upwards of $8 Million -   March 19 CBP Officers Near San Diego Seize 763 Pounds of Drugs in 24 Hours -   March 19 Del Rio Sector Marijuana Seizures Top 1,300 Pounds Over Past Week - Border Patrol Agents Nab More than $1 Million Worth of Pot in 6 Cases -   March 19 CBP Officers at Hidalgo/Reynosa International Bridge Intercept Mexican Passport Stamped with Counterfeit U.S. Admissions Stamp -   March 19 McAllen Border Patrol Agents have Busy Morning -   March 19 Dulles CBP Detects Sri Lankan Imposter, Alien Smuggler -   March 19 CBP Officers at Texas Bridge Seize Methamphetamines Found Hidden in a Volkswagen Touareg SUV -   March 19 Border Patrol Agents Seize Marijuana Hidden in Semi -   March 18 Identity Theft Attempt Stopped -   March 18 CBP Officers and U.S. Marshals Take Custody of Fugitive in Arizona -   March 18 CBP at Detroit Canada Tunnel Seizes $250,000 Worth of Drugs -   March 18 2 Seizures Yield More Than $1 Million in Marijuana for McAllen Agents -   March 18 Border Patrol Agents, Sea World Team to Assist Beached Sea Lion, Seal -   March 17 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Stop Smuggling Attempt Near Rio Grande -   March 17 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Stop Smuggling Attempt along the Colorado River -   March 17 CBP Officers Seize Nearly $1.9 Million in Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry -   March 17 Brownsville CBP Intercepts Pair for Alleged Violations of Immigration Law -   March 17 Border Patrol Interstate Checkpoint Yields High Dollar Amount of Cocaine -   March 17 CBP Officers Arrest Traveler Leaving Kansas City -   March 17 CBP Intercepts Tiny Pests Never Recorded in U.S. -   March 16 CBP Officers at the Anzalduas/Reynosa International Bridge Seize Cocaine -   March 16 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Intercept Almost $2 Million in Cocaine -   March 16 CBP Officers Save 2 Illegal Aliens, Confiscate 2,900 Pounds of Drugs in San Diego - Narcotics Valued at $2.2 Million -   March 16 CBP Discovers Cocaine Abandoned in Bathroom - Almost 15 Pounds Wrapped in Sweatpants -   March 16 CBP Officers Apprehend Murder Suspect at Hidalgo/Reynosa International Bridge -   March 16 Baltimore CBP Flexes Muscles Over Phony Fitness Gear -   March 16 CBP Officers Arrest Army Deserter at Pacific Highway Crossing -   March 15 CBP in Southern California Seizes Narcotics Worth Almost $500,000 over Weekend -   March 15 CBP Seizes Counterfeit DVDs at California Border -   March 15 Rio Grande Valley Agents Seize Nearly Half a Million Pounds of Marijuana Since October -   March 15 CBP Officers at Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge Seize Over 88 Pounds of Marijuana -   March 15 Chicago CBP at O’Hare Find Imposter, Visa Fraud Cases -   March 15 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Arrest Sex Offender -   March 14 CBP Officers in Buffalo Arrest Imposter -   March 12 Laredo Border Patrol Agents Discover Abandoned Bengal Tiger -   March 12 CBP Officers in Champlain, N.Y. Arrest Imposter -   March 12 CBP Intercepts Impostors, Subjects With Altered Documents -   March 12 CBP Officers at Area Ports Make More Than 2 Dozen Drug Seizures during the Last Week -   March 12 CBP Officers Apprehend 3 for Attempting to Enter the U.S. Illegally - Suspected Guide also Captured -   March 12 CBP Officers Seize More than a Ton of Marijuana, Cocaine at Laredo Port of Entry -   March 12 Havre Border Patrol Station Hold Awards Ceremony at Citizen’s Academy in Turner -   March 12 Smuggler Abandons More Than Half a Ton of Marijuana -   March 12 CBP in Chicago Reminds Spring Break Travelers of Regulations -   March 12 Dulles CBP Deports Slovak Convicted of Passport Fraud -   March 11 Morgan City CBP Officers Apprehend Alabama Fugitive -   March 11 U.S. Border Patrol Seizes More than 8 Tons of Marijuana in a Week -   March 11 Border Patrol Agents Confiscate Concealed Cocaine - Inspection Yields Coke Worth More Than $268,000 -   March 11 U.S. Daylight Saving Time No Issue at South Texas Cargo Facilities -   March 11 CBP Officers in San Diego Confiscate 638 Pounds of Marijuana Valued at $319,000 -   March 11 CBP Deploys Radiation Detection Portals at Port Hueneme - High-Tech Devices Detect Radiological and Nuclear Emissions -   March 11 CBP Officers in Buffalo Take Custody of Wanted Child Molester -   March 11 CBP Intercepts 13 People at Laredo Port of Entry - Individuals Presented Fake Documents to Enter the U.S. -   March 11 CBP in New York Reminds Travelers of Document Requirements in Time for Spring Break -   March 11 CBP Agriculture Specialists Stop Prohibited Seeds and Pathogen at Honolulu Port of Entry -   March 11 CBP Agriculture Specialists Exams Identify Several Pests of Concern -   March 10 'Taking Care of Business' Initiative Launched in Del Rio -   March 10 Border Patrol K-9 Detects Hidden Marijuana -   March 10 U.S. Returns Ancient Sarcophagus to Egypt at National Geographic Society - 3,000-Year-Old Antiquity Was Found at Miami Airport and Traced to Spanish Gallery -   March 10 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Reminds Travelers of Document Requirements in Time for Spring Break -   March 10 CBP Advises Kinder Chocolate Eggs Banned from Import into United States -   March 10 CBP in Atlanta Arrests Three Wanted Fugitives -   March 10 CBP Officers in Texas Seize Outbound Bulk Cash and Close to 195 Pounds of Marijuana -   March 10 CBP Field Operations in New York Discover Man Hiding in Hockey Bag -   March 10 CBP in Savannah Cuts into Counterfeit Goods -   March 09 Border Patrol Agents Make Large Seizure - 760 Pounds of Marijuana Recovered -   March 09 U.S. Border Patrol Seizes Half Ton of Marijuana -   March 09 Car Crashes as it Flees Border Patrol; Marijuana Seized -   March 09 Fleeing Cocaine Smuggler Stopped by CBP Officers Found to be Using Assumed Identity -   March 09 CBP Marine Agents Seize More than 1 Ton of Marijuana on Santa Rosa Island -   March 08 Busy Weekend for CBP at Lukeville Port of Entry - Three Smuggling Attempts Blocked -   March 08 CBP in Miami Intercepts Fraudulent Documents -   March 08 U.S. Border Patrol Arrests Man Wanted for Sex Offense -   March 08 CBP in San Diego and Imperial Valley Arrest 294 Undocumented Aliens -   March 08 CBP Officers in Buffalo Arrest Imposter for False Claim to Citizenship/Misuse of a Passport -   March 08 CBP Officers Seized More Than $5 Million in Narcotics and Currency at Laredo Port of Entry -   March 08 Border Patrol Seizes 2-1/2 Tons of Marijuana at Arizona Checkpoint -   March 07 CBP Officers Arrest Vermont Man Wanted in 2 States -   March 05 CBP Officers at Brownsville Port Arrest Four Wanted Fugitives -   March 05 Border Patrol Agent Turns Back Smugglers, Seizes Marijuana -   March 05 Cincinnati CBP Seize Heroin Hidden in Air Compressor -   March 05 CBP Seizes 107 Pounds of Smuggled Mexican Cheese -   March 04 Peace Arch Port of Entry Closed to Foot Traffic -   March 04 Multiple Seizures by U.S. Border Patrol Agents in Southern California Net More Than $720K in Narcotics - Cocaine Hidden Under Clothing; Nearly Half a Ton of Pot Concealed Inside Semi. -   March 04 Arizona CBP Seizes $200,000 in Undeclared Currency Leaving U.S. -   March 04 Laredo Sector Border Patrol Defeats Local Police Team in Charity Football Game - ‘Clash of the Badges’ Raises More Than $17,000 for Youth Athletic Programs -   March 04 Georgia Fugitive Captured at the Border -   March 03 SENTRI Participant Revoked From Trusted Traveler Program - CBP Officers Find Narcotics in Vehicle -   March 03 CBP Officers in Brownsville Arrest Houston Man Wanted on Felony Warrant for Aggravated Assault of a Family Member -   March 03 CBP Stops 2 Smuggling at Sea Attempts - Seize Half-Ton of Marijuana, Intercept 17 Illegal Immigrants -   March 03 CBP Field Operations in Alexandria Bay, N.Y. Arrest Man Wanted for Vehicular Homicide -   March 03 700 Pounds of Marijuana Seized after Smuggler Rams Fence -   March 03 CBP Officers in Michigan Seize 1.3 Pounds of Marijuana,Arrest Canadian Smuggler -   March 03 CBP Officers at Brownsville Port of Entry Arrest Woman Wanted on Parental Kidnapping Charges -   March 03 CBP’s Combined Efforts along Northern Border Prevent Smuggling Attempt -   March 02 CBP Officers in El Paso Find Marijuana in Chess Board while Officers at Presidio Arrest Man with Cocaine in Engine -   March 02 U.S. Border Patrol in Carrizo Springs Seize 10 Bricks of Cocaine - More Than $800,000 Worth of Narcotics Caught at Checkpoint -   March 02 CBP Intercepts 171 Pounds of Cocaine at Florida Airport -   March 02 Border Patrol Agents in Southern Arizona Seize $1.8 Million Worth of Marijuana in 72 hours -   March 02 U.S. Border Patrol Agents in Uvalde Seize Contraband - Vehicle Stop Yields More Than 200 Pounds of Marijuana -   March 02 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Nearly $64,000 in Marijuana at Brownsville Port of Entry -   March 02 2 U.K. Khat Smugglers Sent Packing after Release from Maryland Jail - Caught with 95 Combined Pounds of the Leafy Narcotic in December by CBP Officers at BWI -   March 01 Eagle Pass Agents Arrest Marijuana Smugglers - $148,000 Worth of Contraband Seized On the River -   March 01 CBP Apprehends Several Fugitives With Outstanding Warrants - Stops Nine Others With Burglary and Sex Offenses -   March 01 CBP Officers in Buffalo Seize 18 Pounds of Ecstasy - Arrest Smuggler -   March 01 Babylonian Artifact Found by Chicago CBP Returned to Iraq -   March 01 CBP Officers in Laredo Discover Vehicles with $1.4 Million in Cocaine, $99,000 in Marijuana -   March 01 Border Patrol in Rio Grande Valley Nets 12 Tons of Marijuana in Week -   March 01 CBP Launches Campaign Designed to Increase Participation in Paso Del Norte Pedestrian SENTRI/Dedicated Commuter Lane -   March 01 U.S. Border Patrol Agents Arrest Six Suspected Smugglers Search March 2010 for: section sitemap for March 2010 see also: in 2010 News Releases:   December 2010   November 2010   October 2010   September 2010   August 2010   July 2010   June 2010 ...more News Feeds
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