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CBP Officers Seize Meth Disguised as Onions
02/25/2022 05:25 PM EST

OTAY MESA, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa commercial facility discovered almost 1,200 small packages of methamphetamine hidden within a shipment of onions on Sunday. At approximately 1 p.m. on February 20, CBP...
Wanted Homicide Subject Repatriated to the United States
02/25/2022 04:27 PM EST

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents, through international collaboration efforts, coordinated the repatriation of a United States citizen with an arrest warrant for homicide out of Hidalgo County, Texas.On Feb. 20,...
RGV Agents Apprehend 18 Criminal Migrants
02/25/2022 04:14 PM EST

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrested and identified 12 gang members, and six migrants with criminal convictions, to include homicide and sexual crimes against children. These arrests occurred from Feb. 18 to...
Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents shuts down stash house
02/25/2022 02:57 PM EST

LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents discovered a stash house apprehending several undocumented individuals in central Laredo, Texas. The incident occurred on Feb. 24, when agents along with Webb County Constables Office Precinct 2...
Baltimore CBP Officers Seize Opium Poppy Pod Shipment destined to Cecil County, Maryland
02/25/2022 02:11 PM EST

BALTIMORE – Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a shipment of poppy pods in Baltimore on Wednesday that were destined to an address in Cecil County, Maryland.Officers inspected the express delivery shipment, which was manifested...