JUNEAU, Alaska – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick conducted joint customs operations with a Customs and Border Protection enforcement officer five miles offshore of Dixon Entrance Saturday. The purpose of the operation was to monitor the safety and security of mariners transiting the area as well as ensuring proper completion of […]
It was announced on Tuesday by acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder of the U.S. Justice Department, that Furie Operating Alaska LLC has agreed to pay a $10 million fine in a civil penalties case for violation of the Jones Act brought against them by U.S Customs and Border Protection. The case had its start in […]
US customs officials escorted a Mexican national who was serving as a crew member aboard the cruise ship Celebrity Millennium in preparation of deporting him back to Mexico, the trooper dispatch reports. After an investigation following a call at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, Ketchikan-based Alaska State Troopers with the assistance of U.S. Customs, escorted the Mexican […]
Troopers revealed on Thursday, that 31-year-old Joshua Miles Makkar, of Fairbanks, was arraigned in Fairbanks District Court on one count of attempted Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance IV in connection with a June 2015 investigation involving anabolic steroids shipped to Alaska from China. It was in June, that U.S. Customs and California seized a package […]