Smuggling

AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico –US Border Patrol agents arrested Monday four US citizens found transporting non-citizens during the search for a group of over 50 migrants which landed on makeshift vessel near Pozo Teodoro Beach in Isabela. 

SAN DIEGO — Acknowledging the continued need for a united front against transnational criminal organizations, the San Diego Border Patrol and its Mexican counterparts have intensified binational collaboration to address the issue of increased human smuggling throughout the San Diego/Tijuana border region.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 71 pounds (32 Kilograms) of cocaine found Wednesday inside six ice cream machines sent from the Dominican Republic via the ferry. The estimated street value of the seized contraband is $768,000.  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Marine Interdiction Agents of US Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO), intercepted today a vessel with three men from the Dominican Republic transporting 723 pounds (328 kilos) of cocaine, north of Loiza, Puerto Rico. The estimated value of the seized narcotics is approximately $7.9 million.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A narcotics smuggling attempt was thwarted early Saturday morning by Marine Interdiction Agents of US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations (AMO), and Puerto Rico Police Department FURA agents, resulting in the seizure of 860 pounds (390 kilos) of cocaine.  The estimated value of the seized narcotics is approximately $9.3 million.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –US Border Patrol agents presented criminal complaints against three men from the Dominican Republic after they were found inside a makeshift “yola” vessel intercepted by an CBP Marine Unit within the Mona Passage trying to reach Puerto Rico on Sunday.  

BALTIMORE – U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Area Port of Baltimore led a multi-agency enforcement operation last week to intercept outbound stolen vehicles and to disrupt the vast and expansive stolen vehicle criminal networks.

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the San Diego Field Office, conducting security operations at California’s ports of entry with Mexico, seized over $22 million worth of illicit and dangerous drugs during the month of July.

 The San Diego Field Office is comprised of the following ports of entry: San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, San Diego air and seaport, the Cross Border Xpress facility, Calexico East/West, Tecate, and Andrade. In July, the following narcotics were seized at those ports.

CALEXICO, Calif., – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Calexico West port of entry seized baby spider monkeys concealed within animal carriers inside of a vehicle on Monday.

SARITA, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents arrested five people and seized a firearm in a failed human smuggling attempt at the Javier Vega, Jr. Checkpoint early this morning.