EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — A 17-year-old boy attempted to smuggle more than 7 kilos of cocaine on Monday at an El Paso port of entry, U.S. Customs and Protection said in a news release.
It was about 7:30 a.m. when the teen, a U.S. citizen, arrived from Mexico at the Ysleta Port of Entry in a compact car. Border officers referred the vehicle to a secondary inspection, at which point a drug-sniffing dog alerted officers to the presence of narcotics.
Officers conducted an X-Ray and detected several anomalies in the vehicle’s rear seats and center console before finding 15.83 pounds of cocaine.
The cocaine seizure was one of three major drug busts this past week at El Paso ports of entry.
On May 28, border officers assigned to the Bridge of the Americas found 23.1 pounds of methamphetamine in the quarter panels of a pickup driven by 21-year-old man, also a U.S. citizen.
And on May 26, border officers discovered 12 bundles of meth (27.43 pounds) in the spare tire of a truck at the Paso Del Norte Bridge. The driver was a 51-year-old Mexican man.
“CBP is committed to disrupting drug trafficking organizations’ attempts to smuggle narcotics through ports of entry and into our communities,” CBP El Paso Director of Field Operations Hector Mancha said in a statement. “CBP officers are faced with an array of smuggling attempts and concealment methods. The officers’ passion and dedication to our mission are critical in stopping contraband from entering our country.”
CBP officers arrested all subjects and turned them over to Homeland Security Investigations and local authorities to face charges.
Without providing details, CBP said officers also arrested several individuals wanted on an array of charges, including sexual assault of a child, parole violations, driving while intoxicated, and fugitive from justice.
Border crime
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- 10 wanted fugitives arrested during
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- Cocaine and meth in the millions seized at South Texas checkpoints
- Border agents encounter smugglers armed with AR-15 in Arizona
- Dolls seized after border officers find ‘Ambien’ pills hidden inside one
- Meth, stolen SUV intercepted at separate NM Border Patrol checkpoints
- Teen girl stashes load of meth inside portable speaker box, CBP says
- Special agents seize unauthorized COVID-19 test kits, diluted cleaning supplies at El Paso border
- Man found hiding under
load of furniture at NM border crossing - CBP officers
find 300 pounds of pot incommercial truck at Santa Teresa port - CBP: Pedestrian attempts crossing
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- Replica grenade among weapons, ammo seized en route to Mexico
- Border officers seize batch of thermometers, not FDA-approved
- CBP officers arrest teenager with 15 pounds of meth in Cadillac
- Tractor-trailers carrying $8.7 million in meth, pot stopped at South Texas border crossing
- Clorox bottles filled with water seized at Texas border crossing
- Odd little things: CBP airport inspectors keep potentially hazardous items out and grounded
- CBP officers seize fake COVID-19 test kits at LAX
- Mexican man found hiding inside
back seat ofcar at California border crossing - Dallas mom, teen son stash $3 million worth of meth and heroin in tires of SUV, CBP says
- South Texas border officers intercept nearly $6 million worth of cocaine, meth
- Bologna bust: Border officers seize prohibited pork product
- Liquid cocaine in shampoo bottles seized, CBP says
- Corn pest: Border officers detect snout weevil for
first time in agricultural shipment - CBP: 2nd mom tries to smuggle meth through same California checkpoint
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- $6 million in liquid meth seized at South Texas border crossings
- ‘Huge’ load of liquid meth seized at El Paso border crossing
- South Texas border officers intercept nearly $6 million worth of cocaine, meth
