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Mar 3, 2009

Operation Xcellerator Takes 23 Tons of Narcotics Off Americas Streets and Seizes More Than $59 Million in Drug Money WASHINGTON More than 750 individuals have been arrested on narcotics-related charges and the seizure of more than 23 tons of narcotics…

Mar 1, 2009

Airline Agrees to Further Improve Safety WASHINGTON, D.C. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reached a settlement agreement with Southwest Airlines to resolve outstanding enforcement actions. Under the agreement, Southwest Airlines will pay a $7.5 million civil penalty that could double…

Feb 17, 2009

Officers in Calexico discover 2,109 pounds of marijuana in an RV. Courtesy photo Calexico, Calif. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico downtown port of entry intercepted 2,109 pounds of marijuana worth more than $1.2 million. The…

Feb 17, 2009

Pallets of stone contain 403 packages of cocaine. Courtesy photo Brownsville, Texas U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Cargo Facility at Veterans International Bridge discovered nearly $18 million in cocaine hidden within a commercial shipment of cantera stone…

Feb 17, 2009

In one of the largest counterfeiting schemes of this type to date nationwide, a 19-count federal indictment was unsealed charging Christopher Loring Walters, 28, of Newport Beach, California, and Matthew Thomas Purse, 32, of Gilbert, Arizona, with Conspiracy, Mail and…

Feb 17, 2009

More than 4,100 pounds of marijuana is found in Arizona. Tucson, Ariz. CBP Border Patrol agents exposed a plot to smuggle more than two tons of marijuana into the United States. Border Patrol agents assigned to Tucson sector linked three…

Feb 3, 2009

Yuma, Ariz. In a coordinated effort, United States Border Patrol agents from the Yuma sector spike two vehicles driving through the Colorado River, and seize $2.8 million worth of marijuana. At about 10:20 p.m., a Yuma sector agent observed three…

Feb 3, 2009

In a spy case eerily reminiscent of one from more than two decades ago, a federal indictment was unsealed January 29 charging a father and son with conspiracy against the United States. Harold J. Nicholsona former CIA employeeand his 24-year-old…