TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at the Port of Nogales arrested four U.S. citizens in failed drug smuggling attempts of heroin and fentanyl over the last several days. On September 6, CBP officers at the DeConcini Crossing referred a 45-year-old woman for further inspection of her Mazda sedan, […]
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]HARR, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge hit the drug-smuggling organizations hard this weekend with a substantial interception of hard narcotics, seizing $12,700,000 worth of methamphetamine. “This was an outstanding interception our officers accomplished this weekend,” said Port Director David Gonzalez, Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas Port of Entry. […]
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Anchorage woman who smuggled the synthetic opioid fentanyl into the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center as an inmate in October of 2017 was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline in federal court, it was announced by U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroeder in a press release on Wednesday. 37-year-old Dorothy Elizabeth Lantz was sentenced to […]
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ONOLULU – The owner and officers of a Japanese-flagged fishing vessel were charged in federal court today with aiding and abetting the trafficking and smuggling of 962 shark fins into and out of Hawaii on November 7, 2018. According to court documents and information presented in court, the Japanese-flagged fishing vessel, M.V. Kyoshin Maru […]