Extreme Trafficking
Mexican Girl, 18, Arrested for Smuggling Heroin
February 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff
A female Mexican national was arrested Wednesday for attempting to smuggle nearly a pound of heroin through the Dennis DeConcini Port. Customs and Border Protection officers selected Selena Andrea Perez-Cruz continue reading »
CBP Disrupts 2 Attempts to Move Cocaine
February 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Trackers spot boats in Pacific, Caribbean waters - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and its interagency partners disrupted two separate maritime smuggling attempts, continue reading »
Border Agents Disrupts Human Smuggling Attempt Near Calexico
February 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Calexico Station arrested three suspected alien smugglers. The incident occurred at approximately 5 p.m., when agents observed three individuals climb over continue reading »
EXTREME TRAFFICKING: Police Find “Drug Cannon” at U.S.-Mexico Border
February 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Police in this northwestern Mexican border city seized a "cannon" used to launch packets of drugs to the U.S. side of the frontier, officials said. The pneumatic-powered device was found mo continue reading »
Border Authorities Shut Down Underground Narco Tunnel Between U.S. and Mexico
February 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff
U.S. and Mexican authorities have uncovered an incomplete underground tunnel between both countries and extending five-feet in the U.S. it is a suspected narco tunnel continue reading »
EXTREME TRAFFICKING:U.S. Border Patrol Agents Discover Crystal Meth and Heroin in Spare Tire
February 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff
On Wednesday morning, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a man suspected of smuggling more than $200,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine and heroin during a traffic stop on northbound Interstate 15 near Temecula. A K-9 unit from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department performed a search of the vehicle resulting in a positive alert to the trunk. continue reading »
EXTREME TRAFFICKING: Six Pounds of Meth Found in Buckets of Chicken by Border Patrol
February 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff
During a routine border stop two females were found to have six bags of meth inside two buckets of carry-out chicken. The meth was valued at $58,700. Both women were arrested. continue reading »
NM Mom and Her Kids Found to Have 1,000 Pounds of Pot Inside Their Car
February 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff
In bizarre news narco news Palma Lyon of New Mexico was arrested while driving her two kids with over 1,000 pounds of pot inside her pick-up truck. continue reading »
Border Patrol Seizes 30 Pounds of Meth Valued at Nearly $1 Million
February 20, 2013 | by HS News Staff
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio station apprehended a suspected narcotics smuggler at the Highway 86 checkpoint and seized approximately 30 pounds of methamphetamine. continue reading »
EXTREME TRAFFICKING: $850,000 Worth of Pot Found Near Border in Military Duffel Bags
February 19, 2013 | by HS News Staff
U.S. Border Patrol agents throughout Del Rio sector seized more than 1,050 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value of $850,025. continue reading »
