by Tyler | Jan 7, 2020 | Air and Marine Operations, AMO, Border / Cartel Chronicles, CBP, Crime, Drug Smuggling, P-3 Orion, Trending, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) aircrew interdicted a drug-smuggling boat loaded with more than 3,600 pounds of cocaine. Agents on board the aircraft tracked the boat for two days before moving Coast Guard vessels into the...
by Tyler | Dec 9, 2019 | Air and Marine Operations, AMO, Border / Cartel Chronicles, Crime, Drug Smuggling, National Air Security Operations Center, P-3 Orion, Trending, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
An Air and Marine Operations (AMO) aircrew intercepted two drug-smuggling boats resulting in the seizure of nearly $82 million in cocaine. One incident happened in the eastern Pacific Ocean while the second took place in the western Caribbean Sea.
by Tyler | Nov 11, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Crisis, CBP, Chinese nationals, Crime, Human Smuggling, immigration, San Diego Sector, San Ysidro Port of Entry, Trending, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested six Chinese migrants attempting to sneak through a border crossing in California. Smugglers hid the Chinese migrants behind a false wall in a moving truck.
by Tyler | Oct 27, 2019 | #BuildTheWall, Border / Cartel Chronicles, border security, Border Wall Construction, Carla Provost, CBP, immigration, Mark Morgan, Politics, Trending, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Border Patrol officials say communities along the border are safer following the completion of 74 miles of improved border wall systems. Those systems include 30-foot bollard walls, new border access roads, lighting, and electronic surveillance. Construction on an...
by Tyler | Sep 3, 2019 | arms embargo, Arms Export Control Act, Border / Cartel Chronicles, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, China, Crime, Gun smuggling, Trending, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the San Diego Sector seized more than 53,000 gun parts being smuggled from China. The incident occurred at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport.
by Tyler | Aug 17, 2019 | airport, Local, Tech, Trending, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s computers systems shut down nationwide on Friday, prompting widespread delays at airports across the country. New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport confirmed the computers were down and said officials were moving quickly to...
