American Military News 12/13/2019
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting security operations at California’s ports of entry with Mexico performed more than 78 million inspections of travelers, seized more than 104 tons of illegal narcotics and apprehended almost 35,000 immigration violators during federal fiscal year 2019.
CBP’s field office in San Diego includes the San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate, Calexico, Andrade and the San Diego air and sea ports of entry.
During the fiscal year, which ended September 30, CBP officers at ports in San Diego and Imperial counties inspected more than 31 million passenger vehicles, more than 1.4 million trucks, almost 55,000 buses, and almost 22 million pedestrians entering the U.S.
The total amount of narcotics seized during the year at California’s six ports of entry with Mexico increased 24 percent compared to the previous period. Marijuana seizures increased 6 percent to 112,419 pounds; cocaine seizures increased 16 percent to 12,034 pounds; heroin seizures decreased 10 percent to 2,560 pounds; and methamphetamine seizures increased 66 percent to 80,548 pounds.
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