Category: u.s. customs and border protection

Border Patrol Chief Relieved of Command Same Day He Testified Before Congress, Raising Retaliation Concerns: House GOP

July 21, 2023
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House Republican leaders have raised the prospect that a Border Patrol chief was the target of retaliation by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) chief after the Border Patrol official sat for a transcribed interview with Congress. Gregory K. Bovino, the chief patrol agent of the El Centro Border Patrol sector in California’s imperial…

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Dog Uncovers 1 Ton of Meth Worth $4 Million in Veggie Big Rig at Border

June 11, 2023
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CALEXICO, Calif.—A motorist was taken into custody after attempting to smuggle a ton of methamphetamine worth more than $4 million across the border in a tractor-trailer containing Brussels sprouts, authorities said June 10. The arrest was reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers June 8 after they stopped a 51-year-old man driving a…

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Counterfeit Luxury Watches Seized at LAX in Shipments From China

June 9, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—Inspectors recently seized counterfeit luxury watches at Los Angeles International Airport being imported from China that—if genuine—would have had a combined manufacturers suggested retail price of nearly $1.3 million, authorities said June 9. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to LAX seized the 41 watches during a five-week period from April to…

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Drug Seizures at San Diego, Imperial County Ports of Entry Decreased

November 24, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) San Diego field office announced this week that the total amount of narcotics seized at Southern California ports of entry this past fiscal year decreased from the previous year. The statistics released this week accounted for drugs seized through Sept. 30 at the San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate,…

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Officials at Airport Seize Cocaine Stashed in Wheelchair

June 5, 2022
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Federal authorities say a man has been arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina, after he was stopped in the city’s airport with more than 23 pounds of cocaine concealed in the seat cushions of a motorized wheelchair. U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers encountered the traveler as he was arriving at Charlotte Douglas International…

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US Border Patrol Seizes 1,683 Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Cards From China

September 17, 2021
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in Cincinnati have seized a total of 1,683 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards from China. The U.S. border authority made the announcement in a press release published on Sept. 16. It said the counterfeit cards had misspellings and were of “substandard printing” quality, even though the cards displayed a…

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