Texas’s Most Remote Border Sector Will Break All-Time Migrant Apprehension Record
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents continue finding migrants risking their lives to illegally enter the U.S. in the nation’s most remote sector.
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Border Patrol K-9 Finds 60 Pounds of Cocaine at California Checkpoint
A Border Patrol K-9 team near a California interior immigration checkpoint discovered roughly 60 pounds of cocaine during a smuggling attempt. Officials estimate the cocaine to be worth approximately $1 million.
Technology, K-9s Aid in Apprehension of Escaping Migrants near Border in Texas
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents utilizing advanced technology, K-9 teams, and old-fashioned tracking techniques continue to apprehend large migrant groups attempting to avoid apprehension. In one incident this week, agents tracked a group on foot for more than four hours.
25 Pounds of Meth Seized on Christmas at Arizona Checkpoint near Border
A Christmas Day inspection at a Yuma Sector Border Patrol interior immigration checkpoint led to the seizure of 25 pounds of methamphetamine. The drug seizure followed an alert from a Border Patrol K-9 at the Highway 78 immigration checkpoint.
Border Patrol K-9 Finds 40 Pounds of Cocaine on Commercial Bus
A Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol K-9 found an abandoned backpack with 40 pounds of cocaine during a commercial bus inspection at the Falfurrias Immigration Checkpoint located about 80 miles north of the Texas border with Mexico.
Border Patrol K-9 Finds 17 Pounds of Meth at Texas Checkpoint
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents seized 17 pounds of methamphetamine after a K-9 alerted to the presence of the drugs.
Border Patrol K-9 to Retire After 10 Years, 2.5 Tons of Drugs Seized
El Centro Sector Border Patrol K-9 agent “Pecky” will retire at the end of November. Her retirement concludes more than 10 years of service with the Border Patrol and the interdiction of approximately 2.5 tons of various drugs.
K-9 Detects Heroin Hidden in Migrant Woman’s Groin, Says Border Patrol
A Tucson Sector Border Patrol K-9 detected heroin being smuggled by a Mexican woman legally present in the U.S. Officials said the woman hid a “bundle of heroin in her groin.”
137 Pounds of Cocaine, Meth Seized at Texas Inland Checkpoints
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 135 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine at two inland checkpoints about 80 miles from the Mexican border.
Four Mexican Migrants Arrested in Vermont After Crossing Canadian Border
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents and a K-9 arrested four Mexican nationals who illegally crossed the Canadian border into Vermont.
Border Patrol K-9 Alerts to 66 Migrants Locked in Tractor-Trailer
A Laredo Sector Border Patrol K-9 alerted to a tractor-trailer at an immigration checkpoint in South Texas. The trailer contained 66 migrants who were locked inside with no means of escape.
Border Patrol K-9 Sniffs 8 Pounds of Cocaine in Car Battery
A Border Patrol K-9 in the San Diego Sector alerted to the presence of nearly eight pounds of cocaine hidden by an alleged Mexican drug smugger inside his car battery.
Border Patrol K-9 Finds $1.6M in Cocaine at Texas Checkpoint
Border Patrol agents discovered approximately $1.6 million in cocaine after a K-9 agent alerted to the possible presence of the drugs in an SUV.