Courtesy Richard Pauza,  Laredo, Texas –U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry intercepted eight pounds of alleged heroin in a single enforcement action this morning. “CBP officers stand their watch with continued vigilance and dedication to securing our borders as evidenced by the detection of this hard narcotics seizure

Courtesy Richard Pauza, Laredo, Texas –U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo Port of Entry this weekend noticed some bottles of fruit drinks carried by a bus passenger contained a highly addictive, crystalline ingredient, and seized nearly $800,000 in liquid methamphetamine.  “Our officers exercised their training, experience and zeroed-in on a significant amount

Courtesy Richard Pauza, Laredo, Texas –Late summer showers could not dampen the resolve of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo Port of Entry this weekend as they shone brightly in terms of enforcement activity, seizing nearly $3 million in hard narcotics and uncovering 21 violations of immigration law.  “Our officers kept busy

Courtesy Richard Pauza,   Laredo, Texas – The Import Specialist Enforcement Team (ISET) at U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Laredo Port of Entry recently seized a commercial shipment of counterfeit electronic tablets for allegedly infringing on the Amazon, Google, Micro SD and SD registered and recorded U.S. trademarks. The shipment is valued at $1.1

Courtesy Richard Pauza,   LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo Port of Entry this week apprehended a Plano man wanted in Greenville County, Texas in connection with an outstanding warrant for homicide.   “CBP officers working primary inspection duties are our front line of defense and this week they discovered

Courtesy Richard Pauza,   LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, together with officials from the cities of Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico are teaming up to improve existing signage and to post new signage advising the traveling public of where the Ready Lanes at Lincoln-Juarez Bridge are located as part of

Courtesy Richard Pauza,  LAREDO, Texas –U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today that Joseph Misenhelter, formerly the Assistant Port Director, Passenger Operations, San Ysidro Port of Entry, has entered on duty as Port Director for Laredo Port of Entry. Misenhelter succeeds Jose Uribe, who had served as acting Port Director since June 2013. “I am

Courtesy Richard Pauza,   LAREDO, Texas –Determination, alertness and skill exhibited by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry this week showed that no nut is too hard to crack as they discovered a load exceeding five tons of alleged marijuana hidden in a commercial shipment of walnut cookies.