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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on September 25, 2022, 06:07:05 pm
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Border Crisis: Officers Seize Hard Narcotics Worth Over $11.4 Million
Photo of Rich Mitchell Rich MitchellSeptember 24, 20220
LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized hard narcotics in two enforcement actions that totaled over $11,400,000 in street value.
“CBP continues to work with our law enforcement partners to foil illicit transnational criminal organization attempts to smuggle their product through our cargo facilities,” said Port Director Alberto Flores, Laredo Port of Entry. “These significant seizures are prime examples of how CBP’s border security management aids in the prevention of prohibited contraband from crossing the border.”
The first seizure occurred on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at the World Trade Bridge when a CBP officer referred a 2007 Wabash National trailer carrying a shipment of brooms for a secondary inspection. The truck was referred for a canine and non-intrusive inspection system examination, resulting in the discovery of 32 packages containing 80.73 pounds of alleged cocaine within the trailer. The narcotics had an estimated street value of $1,077,946.
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2022/09/border-crisis-officers-seize-hard-narcotics-worth-over-11-4-million/