Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane Returns Home After Patrol in Caribbean
Harriet Lane conducted its patrol in support of the Coast Guard’s Seventh District and the United States Southern Command’s Joint Interagency Task Force South. Keep Reading
CBP Officers Intercept Hard Narcotics Worth Over $11.5 Million at the World Trade Bridge
The seizure occurred on Saturday, April 25, at the World Trade Bridge when a CBP officer referred a 2020 International trailer hauling a shipment of stone tile for a secondary examination. Keep Reading
CBP Field Operations at Hidalgo Seizes Substantial Amount of Drugs Worth Over $4 Million
On April 25, 2020 CBP officers at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge encountered a 24-year-old male U.S. citizen driving a white Ford F-150 pickup arriving from Mexico. Keep Reading
Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore Offloads Approximately 1,300 Pounds of Marijuana in Miami Beach
The fight against drug cartels in the Caribbean Sea requires unity of effort in all phases from detection, monitoring and interdictions, to criminal prosecutions by U.S. Attorneys in districts across the nation. Keep Reading
Oregon-Based Coast Guard Cutter Returns Home After 65-Day Counternarcotic Patrol, $21.5M in Cocaine Seized
The cutter intercepted and boarded five suspected smuggling vessels, including one go-fast-style panga, while patrolling international waters off the coasts of Mexico and Central America. Keep Reading
CBP Officers Stop 74-Year-Old Cocaine Smuggler at El Paso Port of Entry
A CBP Officer working the primary inspection booth noticed three large plastic containers located in a storage compartment and requested that a canine team screen the vehicle. Keep Reading
Drug Smugglers Don’t Take a Break in the Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents spent the weekend stopping almost 800 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $635K, from entering the United States. Keep Reading
U.S. Coast Guard, International Partners Seize 1,700 Pounds of Cocaine Off Central American Coast
The U.S. Coast Guard and Costa Rican authorities seized approximately 1,700 pounds of cocaine Thursday with an estimated value of more than $29 million from a fishing boat in international waters of the Pacific Ocean off Central America. Keep Reading
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton Offloads More Than 20,000 Pounds of Illegal Drugs, 15 Gallons of Liquefied Cocaine
The fight against drug cartels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean requires unity of effort in all phases from detection, monitoring and interdictions, to criminal prosecutions by U.S. Attorneys in districts across the nation. Keep Reading
Border Patrol Snags Two Meth Loads Over Weekend
The first incident occurred on Friday, April 3, at approximately 12 p.m., when a man in a 2018 red Jeep Wrangler arrived at the Interstate 8 checkpoint near Campo. Keep Reading
CBP Field Operations Seizes Nearly $652K in Marijuana Within Commercial Shipment
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the World Trade Bridge seized marijuana with a street value of $652,000 that was found in a commercial shipment. Keep Reading
CBP Field Operations Seizes Nearly $37 Million in Methamphetamine Within Tomato Shipment
The seizure occurred on Wednesday, March 25, when CBP officers assigned to the cargo facility encountered a commercial shipment of fresh tomatoes arriving from Mexico. Keep Reading
San Diego Tunnel Task Force Uncovers Sophisticated Cross-Border Drug Tunnel Under the U.S.-Mexico Border
Agents on the San Diego Tunnel Task Force developed information about a transnational criminal organization suspected of smuggling narcotics into the U.S. via a cross-border tunnel. Keep Reading
Nicolás Maduro and 14 Venezuelan Officials Charged with Narco-Terrorism, Corruption, Drug Trafficking
“Over the last decade, corrupt Venezuelan government officials have systematically looted Venezuela of billions of dollars,” said U.S. Attorney Fajardo Orshan. Keep Reading
Oregon Coast Guard Cutter Returns Home After a Counterdrug Patrol and International Exercise
The crew patrolled international waters off the coast of Mexico to disrupt the flow of illicit narcotics and migrant smuggling in the region. Keep Reading
Cincinnati CBP K9 Finds Meth Concealed in Religious Paintings
CBP Narcotic Detector Dog Kajo was working incoming freights from Mexico when he alerted to a shipment manifested as “decorative paintings.” Keep Reading
United States and Colombian Officials Set Bilateral Agenda to Reduce Cocaine Supply
The dialogue focused on increasing coca eradication and cocaine interdiction, improving security and economic opportunities in the rural areas most afflicted by narcotics trafficking, and targeting narcotics-related money laundering and illicit finances. Keep Reading
Coast Guard Cutter Returns Home from Eastern Pacific Counterdrug Patrol, $115M in Cocaine Seized
The crew patrolled known drug-transit zones of the Eastern Pacific between late December and mid-January, interdicting three suspected drug-smuggling vessels yielding a total of 6,680 pounds of pure cocaine. Keep Reading
Delegation of U.S. Attorneys Visits Mexico for Counter-Narcotic Briefings
The Justice Department’s Attaché Office in Mexico City organized the briefings and meetings. The U.S. delegation participated in a meeting with various officials from Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office. Keep Reading
Coast Guard Trying to ‘Focus Resources’ with Limited Budget, Acting DHS Secretary Tells Congress
“It’s a delicate balance that the commandant has to do every week and every month,” Wolf said, adding that “the Coast Guard is happy to provide support to DoD and serve along them in the Indo-Pacific, Middle East, and elsewhere.” Keep Reading