Five arrested after stolen vehicle chase in Montgomery County leads to gun seizures
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Montgomery County Police arrested five suspects, including three juveniles, after a stolen vehicle pursuit led to the recovery of three firearms — including a stolen gun and a ghost…
Fentanyl Seizures at Border Continue to Spike, Making San Diego a National Epicenter for Fentanyl Trafficking; U.S. Attorney’s Office Prioritizes Prosecutions and Prevention Programs
Assistant U. S. Attorney Adam Gordon (619) 546-6720 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – August 12, 2022 SAN DIEGO – More deadly fentanyl is being seized by border officials in San Diego and Imperial…
Three Drug Seizures in One Day in San Ysidro Vehicle SENTRI Lanes
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted three SENTRI members in one day with narcotics hidden in their vehicles at the San Ysidro port of entry, seizing more than…
Three Drug Seizures in One Day in San Ysidro Vehicle SENTRI Lanes
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted three SENTRI members in one day with narcotics hidden in their vehicles at the San Ysidro port of entry, seizing more than…
Brownsville CBP Officers Net $2.6 Million Worth of Narcotics in Two Seizures
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Brownsville Port of Entry intercepted alleged narcotics in two separate enforcement actions that have a combined estimated street value of…
Federal Crackdown in Yakima County Yields Firearm Seizures and Indictments
Yakima, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a federal Grand Jury has returned indictments charging multiple Yakima residents with federal firearms offenses.…
Cartel leader heads to prison for over $2M drug seizures
LAREDO, Texas – A leader within Cartel De Jalisco Nueva Generacion has been ordered to federal prison for his role in an elaborate conspiracy of possession with intent to distribute meth, heroin,…
Fentanyl Seizures in First Five Months of 2022 Surpass all of 2021
Golden – Law enforcement partners across Colorado announced they have already seized more illicit fentanyl in the first five months of 2022 than they did in all of last year. In a press…
Dulles CBP Weed Seizures Crush Brits 420 Day Kush
STERLING, Va. – There were likely a lot of upset Brits who were unable to properly partake in the 420 Day observance after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a…
Brownsville CBP Officers Seize $703K Worth of Narcotics in Three Seizures
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Brownsville Port of Entry intercepted alleged narcotics in three separate enforcement actions that have a combined estimated street value of…
Brownsville CBP Officers Seize $527K Worth of Cocaine in Three Seizures
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Brownsville Port of Entry intercepted alleged cocaine in three separate enforcement actions that have a combined estimated street value of…
CBP Makes Massive Fentanyl, Meth, And Heroin Seizures At The Border
CBP Makes Massive Fentanyl, Meth, And Heroin Seizures At The Border Jennie Taer on April 1, 2022 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently intercepted two smuggling attempts of millions of…
Brownsville CBP Officers Seize $846K Worth of Narcotics in Two Seizures
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Brownsville Port of Entry intercepted alleged narcotics in two separate enforcement actions that have a combined estimated street value of…
Brownsville CBP Officers Seize $587K Worth of Narcotics in Three Seizures
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Brownsville Port of Entry intercepted alleged narcotics in three separate enforcement actions that have a combined estimated street value of…
Brownsville CBP Officers Seize $6 Million Worth of Narcotics in Two Seizures
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Brownsville Port of Entry intercepted alleged narcotics in two separate enforcement actions that have a combined estimated street value of…
ICE HSI, joint law enforcement operation leads to multiple human trafficking arrests and seizures
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A two-day undercover local, state and federal law enforcement operation resulted in the arrest of nine individuals, the seizure of six weapons and nine vehicles, as well as thousands…
Border Patrol Saw 134% Increase In Fentanyl Seizures In Fiscal Year 2021
The lethal synthetic drug fentanyl has been increasingly trafficked into the U.S., and, in fiscal year 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported a 134% increase in seizures of the illicit…
HSI-led investigations net largest-ever seizures of Iranian weapons, fuel
WASHINGTON — An investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation’s (HSI) Washington D.C. Field Office and Defense Criminal Investigative Service’s (DCIS) Mid-Atlantic Field Office led an investigation…
CBP at the LA/Long Beach Seaport Reports Record-Breaking Year for Seizures of Counterfeit and Prohibited Merchandise
LOS ANGELES—In Fiscal Year 2021 (October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021), amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport identified and…
