Tag: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Truck driver arrested at Falfurrias checkpoint for attempting to smuggle 19 people
A truck driver was arrested Thursday after Border Patrol agents at the Falfurrias checkpoint discovered 19 people illegally present in the United States inside the sleeper area of his tractor-trailer truck, according to a criminal complaint.
Feds seize 1,250 pounds illegally caught fish off South Padre Island
The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations alongside the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Wardens seized about 1,250 pounds of illegally caught red snapper from Mexican fishermen on March 5.
CBP finds howler monkeys ‘climbing’ out of vehicle window at Brownsville bridge
You can hardly call it a smuggling attempt.
Mexican ‘lawyer’ arrested at Falfurrias checkpoint with 125 pounds of cocaine
A man is under arrest after Border Patrol agents at the Falfurrias checkpoint found approximately 125 pounds of cocaine valued at nearly $4 million hidden within his vehicle.
President Joe Biden lands in Brownsville
President Joe Biden has landed in Brownsville.
Brownsville Border Patrol agents seize nearly 450 pounds of marijuana following pursuit
A man in Brownsville was arrested Wednesday after Border Patrol agents allegedly discovered several bundles of marijuana that weighed a total of nearly 450 pounds inside his vehicle, according to a criminal complaint.
Man sentenced to more than 21 years for smuggling meth at Hidalgo port of...
A 54-year-old man on Wednesday was sentenced to a little more than 21 years in federal prison for attempting to smuggle nearly 91 pounds of liquid methamphetamine into the United States.
Former CBP officer who took $15K bribe from undercover gets new sentence
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who took a bribe from an undercover agent to allow a cocaine shipment to pass through the Pharr port of entry got a new prison sentence Tuesday morning.
Anzalduas bust yields ammo, firearms that suspect was told were ‘gifts’
A 21-year-old man was arrested at the Anzalduas port of entry after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found he was attempting to smuggle more than 40 weapons into Mexico, according to a criminal complaint.
Feds find nearly 3,000 rounds of ammo under groceries at Anzalduas
Federal authorities arrested a woman Thursday who they say attempted to move thousands of rounds of ammunition into Mexico, ammo they found underneath some groceries in her pickup truck at the Anzalduas International Bridge.