AMO, Partners, Mexican Authorities Team Up to Take Down Smugglers
A joint effort between U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations (AMO), Joint Interagency Task Force—South (JIATF South),
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Drugs
Smuggling of drugs and narcotics
US Border Patrol, FURA Seize 1,303 Pounds of Cocaine and Arrest 4 Illegal Aliens
US Border Patrol and the Puerto Rico Police Department Joint Forces for Rapid Action (FURA, for its Spanish acronym) detected
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Seizure of Over Half Ton Drugs by Turkish Customs Enforcement Teams
A total of 540 kilograms of cocaine were seized in a container in a port during the operation carried out
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Chad’s illegal drug trade contributes to regional insecurity
Curbing tramadol and other trafficking networks requires transnational cooperation On 24 July, a court in Chad sentenced 10 people including high-ranking security
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US CBP Officers Intercept Hard Narcotics Worth Over $29 Million
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers intercepted shipments containing methamphetamine with an estimated street
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18 arrested in crackdown on Lithuanian gang trafficking victims to Ireland and the UK to sell heroin
On 26 August, law enforcement and judicial authorities have made 18 arrests during a massive coordinated operation to smash an
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CBP Officers Seize Cocaine and Stolen Weapon at the Peace Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Peace Bridge seized approximately 11.2 grams of cocaine and a loaded
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Spare Tyre Loaded with Hard Drugs Seized at US Border Patrol Checkpoint
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a Phoenix man after finding a variety of drugs inside his vehicle’s spare tyre outside
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CBP Seizes 100 lbs. of Meth & Arrests 3
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested three men and seized 100 pounds of suspected methamphetamine near the village of Vaya Chin,
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Cannabis smuggling crime group jailed for 14 years
Four Manchester men involved in an £800,000 cannabis trafficking operation have been sentenced to a combined 13 years and nine
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Rapid growth in heroin smuggling impacts East and Southern Africa
East and Southern Africa have become leading regions for the trade and consumption of large quantities of heroin – the
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NCA launches investigation after Gatwick cocaine seizures
National Crime Agency officers have begun investigations after three separate seizures of cocaine were made in freight at Gatwick Airport.
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UK Border Force has seized more than £14 million of cocaine and amphetamines after stopping a lorry in Coquelles, the juxtaposed control for the Eurotunnel in France
The detection was made at about 11:10pm on Wednesday 29 July, after officers stopped the lorry which was on its
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US CBP Intercepts Transnational Shipment of Ecstasy, GBL
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Washington Dulles International Airport intercepted over two pounds of illegal and
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Record Australian cocaine seizure valued over $850m
This 1.8 tonne seizure is now the largest on-shore cocaine seizure in Australia to date, and would have a potential
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Joint CBSA and RCMP operation seizes over 16 kilograms of suspected cocaine from commercial vessel
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced the seizure of suspected cocaine from
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Narcotics Seizure Reveals an Assortment of Dangerous Weapons and Ammunition by CBP
El Centro Sector Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Highway 86 Checkpoint seized drugs along with an assortment of weapons
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Record smuggling of methamphetamine
Officers from the Bug River Border Guard Unit and the National Revenue Administration from Dorohusk prevented the smuggling of over
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