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TweetPinShareEL PASO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Ysleta international crossing in El Paso seized approximately one-third of a pound of fentanyl. The drugs were hidden …
CBP Officers intercept smuggler carrying fentanyl inside his body Read More
TweetPinShareStaff Reports PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Public Safety has reported seizing 6,498 pounds of illicit drugs between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31, 2024. The seizures were made statewide. …
DPS troopers seize nearly 6,500 pounds of illicit drugs in a three-month period Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection CALEXICO, Calif., — CBP officers assigned to the San Diego Field Office made a big discovery last week when more than 630 rounds …
Suspected smugglers’ attempts fall short as CBP officers interdict fentanyl pills and ammunition Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection SAN LUIS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Area Port of San Luis seized over 175 pounds of hard narcotics …
Port of San Luis CBP Officers arrest teen with $1 Million of Narcotics Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: CBP officers found 4587 pounds of meth in a shipment of disguised watermelons. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection OTAY MESA, Calif. — …
CBP Officers discover $5 million worth of methamphetamine disguised as watermelons Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Border Patrol: The CBP seized more than 1,000 pounds of blue fentanyl pills that resemble those pictured here from a previous seizure. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border …
CBP officers in Arizona seize more than half a ton of fentanyl in largest seizure in agency history Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy DPS: DPS detectives seized more than 180 pounds of fentanyl last week, most in counterfeit pill form. Pills are stuffed inside a tire in a smuggling attempt. Staff …
DPS detectives seized more than 180 pounds of fentanyl in Phoenix last week alone Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Indio Station Border Patrol agents arrested a female driver of a vehicle transporting 29 lbs. of fentanyl. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border …
Border Patrol Agents immigration stop yields 29 pounds of Fentanyl on Interstate 10 Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Former Thatcher head football coach Sean Jacob Hinton was sentenced to 11.25 years in prison on Wednesday for dealing fentanyl. Pictured is Sean after a …
Former high school football coach Sean Hinton sentenced to 11.25 years in prison for selling fentanyl Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Katherine Payne, 42, and Michael Norgord, 46, were booked into jail on drug and theft charges after allegedly stealing a van from an incarcerated man. By Jon …
Jailhouse burglars busted with more than 800 fentanyl pills Read More