PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized five shipments containing a total of 57 pounds of ketamine hydrochloride, an animal anesthetic dangerously abused by users and sexual predators, in Philadelphia recently.According to…
WASHINGTON — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signed a waiver to ensure the expeditious construction of approximately 17 miles of waterborne barrier in Texas. The waterborne barrier will be constructed in the Rio Grande…
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico — Air and Marine Operations (AMO), an operational component of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, nabbed a yola-type vessel today arresting 2 aliens from the Dominican Republic and seizing 170 pounds (76.6 kilograms) of…
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Buffalo, Peace Bridge border crossing, encountered a male United States citizen in possession of a firearm that was stolen out of Florida.
CBP officers…
TUCSON, Ariz. – As extreme summer temperatures return to the desert, U.S. Border Patrol agents are urging both the public and those looking to illegally enter the United States to take the heat seriously and understand the life-threatening…
HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge, intercepted more than $668,000 in alleged cocaine concealed within a vehicle. “CBP officers work tirelessly to keep…
LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers assigned to the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge seized methamphetamine that totaled over $513,000 in street value. “This methamphetamine interception is a…
LAREDO, Texas- U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Laredo Port of Entry officers this weekend detained a woman wanted in North Texas for alleged sexual assault involving a child.“Our frontline officers maintain…
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at El Paso area ports of entry seized 127.3 pounds of methamphetamine in two incidents this weekend.“The drug smuggling threat remains consistent, and CBP is well equipped to…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Federal Bureau of Investigation presented a criminal complaint Monday against an alien from the Dominican Republic who assaulted a US Border Patrol Agent with an automobile on June 25.Bernis Díaz de la Cruz will…