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BP Officers Seize Over $2.1 Million Worth in Hard Narcotics in One Enforcement Action
utilizing a non-intrusive imaging system examination, resulting in the discovery of 78.66 pounds of methamphetamine and 19.57 pounds of black tar heroin hidden within the vehicle. The narcotics have an estimated street value of $2,106,002..
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge seized narcotics that totaled over $2.1 million in street value. Packages containing 78.66 pounds of methamphetamine and 19.57 pounds of heroin seized by CBP officers at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge. The seizure occurred on Wednesday, September 16th, when a CBP officer assigned to the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge referred a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado for secondary inspection. The vehicle was driven by a 63-year-old male U.S. citizen traveling from Mexico. CBP officers examined the vehicle
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order Force stop £15 million of cocaine hitting streets
In the first incident officers stopped a Slovenian registered lorry which had arrived on a ferry from Calais carrying electronic equipment. They searched the vehicle and found 96 kilos of the drugs which had been hidden in a pallet and had a potential street value of around £4.3 million.
Border Security Report | September/October 2020
Shortly afterwards a second lorry, also Slovenian registered, was stopped and found to contain items removed from the first lorry to make room for the drugs. Both drivers were arrested and the investigation was referred to the National Crime Agency (NCA). In the second incident on the same day, Border Force officers stopped a British-registered coach which had also arrived on a ferry from Calais. They searched the vehicle, which was not carrying any passengers, and found 240 kilos of cocaine with a potential street value of around £11 million in a space behind the steps onto the coach. A 53-year-old British man, who was driving the vehicle, and a second man, also British, were arrested and the investigation referred to the NCA.
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rontex to launch maritime surveillance by aerostat pilot project
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is planning to launch a pilot project for maritime surveillance by aerostat later this year. Earlier tests carried out in Greece in
