Release Date
Tue, 06/18/2024
EAGLE PASS, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers assigned to Eagle Pass Port of Entry seized over $71,000 in a single enforcement action.
“This enforcement action illustrates CBP’s ongoing commitment to our priority border security mission,” said Port Director Pete Beattie, Eagle Pass Port of Entry. “The seizure of unreported currency, which is often proceeds of illicit endeavors, denies the profitmaking from such activity.”
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| Stack containing $71,461 in unreported U.S. currency seized by CBP officers at Eagle Pass Port of Entry. |
The seizure occurred on June 16 at Camino Real International Bridge when CBP officers referred a 2023 Ford Lobo for secondary examination. Upon further examination, officers discovered $71,461 in unreported U.S. currency and 90,000 Mexican pesos within two backpacks located the center console.
CBP seized the currency along with the vehicle. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents initiated a criminal investigation into the seizure.
It is not a crime to carry more than $10,000, but it is a federal offense not to declare currency or monetary instruments totaling $10,000 or more to a CBP officer upon entry or exit from the U.S. or to conceal it with intent to evade reporting requirements. Failure to declare may result in seizure of the currency and/or arrest. An individual may petition for the return of currency seized by CBP officers, but the petitioner must prove that the source and intended use of the currency was legitimate.
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U.S. Border Patrol Yuma Sector Agents seize illegal weapons
Release Date Fri, 06/14/2024
Yuma, AZ.
For More Information PAS Rob Daniels
BLYTHE, Calif. – A U.S. Border Patrol K-9 alert at a Blythe, California gas station resulted in the seizure of a cache of tactical weapons late Wednesday.
After the canine alerted, Blythe Station agents were granted permission to search the Honda CR-V and discovered 25 AK-47 style rifles, 25 30-round magazines and two pistols. Agents arrested the two male occupants, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen and a juvenile, and seized the vehicle. The subjects were turned over to local law enforcement while the case is pending further investigation, however it is believed the weapons were in fact headed for Mexico.
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| Blythe Border Patrol Agents Seize $12k, Drugs, and Firearm on I-10 |
