EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Three different methamphetamine busts were recorded within a four-day span by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at El Paso ports of entry.
All three busts happened between June 12 and June 16 at the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry. All suspects have been turned over to Homeland Security for prosecution.
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The most notable one was a 38-year-old woman who had two drug-filled bundles hidden in a body cavity. She was stopped at about 5 p.m. on June 16.
Later that day, at about 6:30 p.m., a 41-year-old man in a MINI Cooper, had 14.9 pounds of meth hidden in the vehicle’s quarter panels. Officers were able to locate the drugs with the help of an X-ray examination and drug-sniffing dogs.
Days earlier, on June 12, a 32-year-old woman was caught hiding a .068 pound bundle of heroin and a .164 pound bundle of meth insider her underwear. A 37-year-old man was with the woman when they were stopped. They are both U.S. citizens and were traveling in a Jeep.
“CBP is committed to disrupting drug trafficking organizations’ attempts to smuggle narcotics through ports of entry and into our communities,” said CBP El Paso Director of Field Operations Hector Mancha. “CBP Officers are faced with an array of smuggling attempts and concealment methods. The Officers’ passion and dedication to our mission is critical in stopping contraband from entering our country.”
Border crime
- Seizure of remote-controlled drones linked to large Chinese shipment of counterfeit items
- Border officials warn of increase in fake, prohibited COVID-19 products
- Border officers seize 1,000-
year-old Iranian artifact - Instead of limes, California border officers find 5.5 tons of marijuana
- Teen caught smuggling 7 kilos of cocaine at El Paso border crossing
- $2.4 million worth of meth hidden in saw machine, CBP says
- Texas woman, 20, stashes load of meth inside Ford pickup, CBP says
- Grenade launcher, smoke bombs seized as holiday weekend kicked off at El Paso ports
- Game wardens seize illegally obtained seafood at South Texas border crossing
- Border officers seize over 3,000 pounds of marijuana in broccoli shipment
- 1,000 fake COVID-19 test kits seized at NM border crossing
- CBP: Man tries to walk past border crossing with heroin, meth, oxycodone in his jeans
- 10 wanted fugitives arrested during
weekend at TX, NM border crossings - CBP stops two vehicles full of bologna at El Paso ports of entry
- CBP: Alleged smuggler lined inside of pickup bed with 334 pounds of pot
- Alleged drug smuggler has COVID-19 and ties to
cartel , CBP says - Fugitives keep CBP officers busy during Mother’s Day weekend
- 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
border , drugs hidden inside her body - 74-year-old cocaine smuggler stopped at El Paso port of entry, CBP says
- 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
Woman hid load of meth inside her body, CBP says- 2 women attempt to smuggle thousands of rounds of ammunition into Mexico, CBP says
- $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
