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August 2011
-  August 31Brownsville CBP Agriculture Specialists Intercept Significant Pest
-  August 31Border Patrol Stops 1,000 Pound Drug Smuggling Attempt at Border
-  August 29CBP Officers In South Texas Seize $881,000 In Counterfeit DVD Players
-  August 31Southern California Port Officers Seized 36 Pounds Of Cocaine From Local Mexicali Resident
-  August 31Blaine Labor Day Holiday Travel Reminder
-  August 31U.S. Border Patrol Agents at RGV Seize More than $12.3 Million Worth of Narcotics
-  August 31El Paso Area CBP Personnel Featured In National Geographic Channel’s “Border Wars” Season Premiere This Weekend
-  August 31Information for Labor Day Travelers at the Detroit Border Crossings
-  August 30Southern Texas Border Patrol Agents Seize Half-Ton Of Marijuana
-  August 30Philly CBP Nails Local Heroin Internal Smuggler at PHL
-  August 30CBP Seizes Cocaine, Heroin And Currency In Mayaguez And San Juan Port Inspections - 190 Kilos Of Cocaine, 2.06 Kilos Of Heroin And 196,625 In US Dollars Seized In Four Different Events
-  August 30CBP Resumes Air and Seaport Operations in Mid-Atlantic States Following Irene
-  August 29Southern Texas Border Patrol Agents Seize $1 Million In Drugs Over Past Week
-  August 29CBP Officers At The Brownsville And Matamoros International Bridge Seize Cocaine Found Hidden In SUV
-  August 29Louisville CBP Officers Seize 33 Pounds In Synthetic Marijuana Compounds
-  August 29El Paso CBP Officers Discover Marijuana Load in Wooden Trailer Floor
-  August 29US Customs and Border Protection in NYC Find More Than 12 pounds of Cocaine Inside an Aircraft
-  August 28CBP New England Continues Normal Trade Functions
-  August 26CBP Seizes $10M in Narcotics, $880K in Currency In Arizona
-  August 25U. S. Customs And Border Protection In NYC Finds Heroin Concealed In Packages Of Imported Lace
-  August 25New York CBP Finds Cocaine in False Bottom Suitcase
-  August 25CBP Officers at the Hidalgo/Reynosa International Bridge Seize 70 AK-47 High Capacity Ammunition Magazines
-  August 25CBP Officers At International Bridge In South Texas Seize 70 AK-47 High Capacity Ammunition Magazines
-  August 25Sentri, Fast And Global Entry Has Moved – Offices Now Located at the Anzalduas International Bridge
-  August 25CBP Offers Travel Advice for Foreign Students Entering Michigan for School
-  August 25U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize $567K Of Narcotics At Two San Diego County Checkpoints
-  August 25CBP Officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge Seize a Load of Cocaine Found Hidden in a Nissan Sentra Sedan
-  August 24New York CBP Apprehends Fleeing Homicide Suspect at JFK
-  August 24Sex Offender Apprehended in Southern California Mountains
-  August 24Southern California CBP Officers Have Busy Weekend - Stop U.S. Citizen Wanted for Homicide and seize 540 Pounds of Narcotics
-  August 24Khapra Beetle Larvae Detected in Rice - Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialists Detect Insect During an Exam
-  August 24Tucson Agents Seize Marijuana, Vehicles, Handgun and Ammunition
-  August 23CBP Officers At New Mexico Port Of Entry Make Large Marijuana Seizure
-  August 23Philly CBP Catches up to Port’s First Ever Kentish Snail
-  August 23Chicago CBP Intercepts Khapra Beetle at O’Hare
-  August 23Tucson Sector Agents Apprehend 2 Wanted Criminals
-  August 22CBP, U.S. Border Patrol Agents Rescue Elderly Woman in the Pasayten Wilderness - Spokane Sector Horse Patrol Mustangs Lead Multi-Agency Effort
-  August 22CBP to Open ‘Ready Lane’ at Calexico East Port of Entry - Travel Documents with RFID Technology Allow Users Access to Dedicated Lane
-  August 22CBP Officers At Southern California Border Discover 1,151 Pounds Of Marijuana Inside Furniture
-  August 22Border Patrol Agents Rescue Another 16 Illegal Aliens In Southern Texas
-  August 19CBP Seizes Illegal Weapons In Missouri, Texas - Switchblades, Stun Guns Among Weaponry
-  August 19Customs And Border Protection Personnel At Brownsville Arrest Man Wanted For Attempted Homicide In New Jersey
-  August 19CBP Enforcement Activity Identifies 29 Fugitives Including Man Wanted for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child
-  August 19CBP Arrests Wanted Airline Crewmember
-  August 18CBP Officers at Laredo Port of Entry Arrest Illinois Man Wanted on Warrant for Predatory Sexual Assault
-  August 18CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agent Assaulted During Flood Relief Operations in N.D.
-  August 17U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize $1.1 Million in Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry
-  August 17CBP Holds Change of Command Ceremony for Sidney Aki, Port Director, Laredo Port of Entry
-  August 17CBP Officers at the Pharr International Bridge Seize Close to 10 Kilos of Methamphetamine
-  August 17Border Patrol Seizes Half-Ton of Marijuana, Handguns
-  August 16Eagle Pass North Agents Seize 470-pounds of Marijuana
-  August 16CBP Arrests Lone Recidivist Undocumented Alien
-  August 16CBP U.S. Border Patrol Seizes $3 Million in Narcotics
-  August 15U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize $81,000 in Methamphetamines at Brownsville Port of Entry
-  August 15Border Patrol Seizes Five-Ton Marijuana Load At Checkpoint
-  August 15U.S. Border Patrol Agents Uncover Black Tar Heroin Hidden in Engine at State Route 94 Checkpoint
-  August 15CBP in Cincinnati Seizes More Than $600K in Cash Bound for Colombia
-  August 15Agents in Texas Nab $8.4M Cocaine Load
-  August 15Joint Field Command - Week in Review - Seizures exceed $8 million in narcotics and $39,000 in currency
-  August 12Maritime Law Enforcement Partners Foil Drug Smuggling Attempt - Nearly 750 pounds of marijuana seized south of San Onofre State Beach
-  August 12Criminal Alien Convicted, Sent to Prison - Prior Convictions include Aggravated Assault with a Weapon
-  August 12Criminal Alien Convicted, Sent to Prison - Prior Convictions Include Aggravated Assault With a Weapon
-  August 12Cocaine Found on Ship Bound for Belgium - U. S. Customs and Border Protection Finds More Than One Hundred Pounds of Cocaine in a Refrigerated Container
-  August 11CBP Officers at the Brownsville International Bridges Seized $1.1 Million in Cocaine and $261,000 in Bulk U.S. Currency
-  August 11Dulles CBP Canine Alerts, Officers Discover 18 Pounds Cocaine in Commercial Flight Cargo Hold
-  August 11Heroin found in Indian Dresses - U. S. Customs and Border Protection finds more than Two pounds of Heroin in the hem of Dresses
-  August 11Threatening “Date Rape” Chemical Seized by CBP at LAX - CBP Officers Seized Three Gallons of Gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL)
-  August 10CBP Officers at the Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge Seized 111 Pounds of Marijuana
-  August 10San Luis CBP Officers Nab Pot and Meth Smugglers
-  August 10Cincinnati CBP Hub Operation Seizes Record Shipments of Illegal Substances
-  August 10CBP Officers at the Roma International Birdge Seize $2.1 Million in Mexican Brown Heroin and Cocaine
-  August 10Tucson Sector Border Patrol Agents Arrest Criminal Aliens - Subjects to face federal prosecutors
-  August 10CBP Officers at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge Take Custody of Fugitive Returned to the U.S. by Mexican Law Enforcement Authorities
-  August 09Alpine, Texas, Border Patrol Agents Bring Home 9/11 Artifact for Memorial Installation
-  August 09CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize 2 Vehicles, 1 Boat, More than 1 Ton of Marijuana and Recover Stolen Truck
-  August 09CBP Officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge Seized a Drug Load of Methamphetamine
-  August 09CBP Officers Arrest Fugitive at Derby Line Port
-  August 09Temporary Closure of Van Buren Port Due to Construction - Alternate Ports Available
-  August 09Meth Smuggler Arrested by U.S. Border Patrol Agents
-  August 08Border Patrol Leads Multi-agency Operation - Cooperation among ACTT Partners Yields Significant Results
-  August 08Agents recover marijuana, find stolen weapon, arrest murder suspect
-  August 08CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize nearly $850K of Illegal Narcotics in Busy Week around Southern California - Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Marijuana taken off streets
-  August 08Agents Seize 3,000 Pounds of Marijuana, 1 Truck
-  August 08CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize More than 6 Tons of Marijuana
-  August 08Border Patrol Agent Rescues Driver from Accident
-  August 05CBP Arrests Imposter Posing as U.S. Citizen at El Paso Port of Entry
-  August 03CBP Stops Weapons at Michigan Border
-  August 04CBP at Brownsville Gateway International Bridge Seize Ammunition Headed Into Mexico
-  August 04Border Patrol Agents Apprehend Dangerous Felon
-  August 04Bridge Repair Complete on Canadian Highway 39, South of Estevan, Saskatchewan
-  August 03CBP Hosts Citrus Greening Disease Workshop at Hidalgo Port of Entry
-  August 03Bus Check Results in Cocaine Seizure at Highway 86 Checkpoint
-  August 02CBP at Pharr International Bridge Seize Methamphetamine and Two Cocaine Loads – Drugs Valued at $2.2 Million
-  August 02RGV Border Patrol Agents Rescue 5 Illegal Aliens
-  August 02Border Patrol Agents Rescue Six Illegal Aliens Near Ocotillo
-  August 02CBP Takes Pro-Active Vigilant Posture with Tropical Storm Emily
-  August 01Sidney Aki Named Port Director, Laredo Port of Entry
-  August 01CBP Officers at Eagle Pass Seize $167,000 in Marijuana
-  August 01Edinburg BP Agents Seize More than $22.4 Million in Marijuana
-  August 01Chicago CBP Processes First Shipment of Pakistani Mangoes
-  August 01Agents Apprehend Illegal Immigrant Wanted for Attempted Murder
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