Agents assigned to Camp Grip, Yuma Sector’s forward operating base near the U.S./Mexico border, apprehended 10 undocumented aliens and seized approximately 418 pounds of marijuana on the Cabeza Prieta Wildlife Refuge.
On September 26, agents performing line watch duties detected the footprints of a group of 10 individuals traveling on foot on the west side of the Sierra Pintas Mountains. Agents tracked the footprints for several hours, and with the assistance of a helicopter crew from the Air and Marine Operations Yuma Branch, located the group. After agents following the group arrived on scene, they discovered seven bundles of marijuana valued at $209,000. All subjects were identified as Mexican nationals in the U.S. illegally.
All of the illegal aliens and the drugs will be processed per Yuma Sector guidelines.
Federal law allows agents to charge individuals by complaint, a method that allows the filing of charges for criminal activity without inferring guilt. An individual is presumed innocent unless or until competent evidence is presented to a jury that establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents effectively combat smuggling organizations attempting to illegally transport people and contraband through southwestern Arizona and California. Citizens can help the Border Patrol and U.S. Customs and Border Protection by calling 1-866-999-8727 toll-free to report suspicious activity. Callers can remain anonymous.
Two smuggling attempts net officers $128K in marijuana
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations officers at Arizona’s Port of Lukeville seized almost 256 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $128,000, during two separate attempts to smuggle the drugs into the United States.
Officers working with a CBP narcotics-detection canine on Sept. 26 located almost 164 pounds of marijuana, worth nearly $82,000, during an inspection of a Dodge van driven by a 30-year-old Tucson man.
On Sept. 25, officers searched a Ford sedan, driven by a 19-year-old man from Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and found more than 92 pounds of marijuana worth in excess of $46,000.
Officers processed the vehicles and drugs for seizure, and referred both subjects to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
CBP’s Office of Field Operations is the primary organization within Homeland Security tasked with an anti-terrorism mission at our nation’s ports. CBP officers screen all people, vehicles and goods entering the United States while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel. Their mission also includes carrying out border-related duties, including narcotics interdiction, enforcing immigration and trade laws, and protecting the nation’s food supply and agriculture industry from pests and diseases.
San Luis CBP Officers find meth in vehicle’s rocker panels
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of San Luis arrested a 34-year-old man from Somerton, Arizona, on Sept. 25 after finding nearly 26 pounds of methamphetamine, worth close to $78,000, in the rocker panels of his Chevy sedan.
Officers seized the drugs and vehicle, and referred the subject to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
Nogales CBP nabs nearly $119K in hard drugs
Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two male Mexican nationals from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, during separate recent attempts to smuggle a combined $119,000 worth of heroin and methamphetamine through the Port of Nogales.
Officers at Mariposa stopped a 38-year-old man Sept. 26 with approximately $110,000 worth of meth and heroin in the heater core of his Volkswagen hatchback.
On Sept. 24, officers working with a CBP canine at the Mariposa crossing located roughly three pounds of meth, worth $8,300, on the person of a 26-year-old man driving a Chevrolet sedan.
Officers seized the drugs and vehicles, and turned both subjects over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
Male Bus Passenger Packs 6 Pounds of Heroin
Male Bus Passenger Packs 6 Pounds of Heroin
Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Mariposa crossing in Nogales, Arizona arrested a 25-year-old male bus passenger from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico after finding nearly 6 pounds of heroin in his suitcase.
CBP officers seized the drugs, worth close to $103,000, and turned the man over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
