BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Department of Homeland Security has released its national fiscal year 2015 statistics. Included in this report is the CBP Border Security Report for Fiscal Year 2015.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees from the Buffalo Field Office, Office of Field Operations, had a successful fiscal year in 2015, which began October 1, 2014, and ended September 30, 2015. The Buffalo Field Office made over 380 narcotic seizures, over 400 arrests and seized more than $450,000 in unreported currency.
“Our CBP team worked vigilantly throughout the year to protect our borders,” said Rose Hilmey, acting director of the Buffalo Field Office. “Their dedication and commitment to the mission are clearly demonstrated by our enforcement statistics.”
Buffalo Field Office – Office of Field Operations Enforcement and Traffic Statistics Summary
Fiscal year 2015 (October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015)
Enforcement Statistics | Traffic Statistics | |||||
Narcotic Seizures | 387 | Port of Entry | Personal Vehicles | Personal Vehicle Passengers | Trucks | |
Arrests | 412 | |||||
Currency Seizures | 23 Totaling: $450,307 | Buffalo | 5,034,588 | 10,802,094 | 943,160 | |
Merchandise Seizures | 486 Totaling: $1,201,772 | Champlain | 1,060,984 | 2,371,190 | 299,455 | |
Alien Refusals | 34,648 | Trout River | 165,411 | 300,998 | 15,291 | |
Agriculture Pest Interceptions | 2,366 | Alex Bay | 616,769 | 1,337,378 | 200,284 | |
Total Inspections | 17,915,799 | Cape Vincent | 7,451 | 15,317 | 0 | |
Massena | 856,553 | 1,515,941 | 22,242 | |||
Ogdensburg | 320,592 | 604,366 | 37,820 | |||
Totals | 8,062,348 | 16,947,284 | 1,518,252 |