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On Wednesday, officials with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that officers working at the El Paso Port of Entry seized several bundles of fentanyl strapped to the ankles of a 47-year-old United States citizen.  “Smugglers are continually changing their methods in an attempt to defeat the CBP inspection process,” said CBP El Paso […]Read More

For the third time this week, U.S. Border Patrol Agents thwarted a narcotics smuggler, this time at the Alamogordo check point. According to officials, the bust took place on October 8, as a black Ford F-150 approached the primary inspection area at the Alamogordo immigration checkpoint on U.S. Highway 54. During the immigration inspection, a […]Read More

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers within the El Paso Field Office had a busy month in September making over 70 busts over the course of the month.  CBP officials share that there the narcotics pulled off the street included marijuana, cocaine, meth, heroin, and fentanyl. The seizures totaled 1,385.6 pounds of marijuana, 761 pounds […]Read More