STATE NEWS
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers this week intercepted a second large size methamphetamine load with an estimated street value of more than $3 million in one enforcement action at the World Trade Bridge. “These back-to-back seizures of large quantities of methamphetamine graphically illustrate
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Laredo Port of Entry is advising that effective after midnight Wednesday, May 8 going into Thursday, all commercial bus traffic at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge will be routed topside through the bridge’s Western Canopy. “As the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge improvement project nears completion, we want to advise the
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – With the arrival of Mother’s Day this weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at South Texas ports of entry continue to conduct examinations and maintain strict vigilance to ensure that personal and commercial importations of flowers are free from insects, pests and diseases that could harm
City of McAllen well on its way to getting residents on the right track Courtesy Xochitl Mora, (McAllen, Texas)-Vegetables, fruits, lean protein, water and dairy, hooray! It’s all about making healthy dietary choices and, according to a recent Gallup and Sharecare’s Community Rankings for Healthy Eating report, the McAllen MSA ranked 4th out of 40 cities
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers this weekend intercepted a significant amount of hard narcotics with an estimated street value of more than $2.7 million in one enforcement action at the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge. “Our frontline CBP officers maintain tight focus on our border
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS –While facilitating lawful trade and travel this weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized nearly a ton of marijuana in a single enforcement action at World Trade Bridge. “Our frontline CBP officers maintained their vigilance while facilitating significant volumes of trade this weekend and
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers maintained strict vigilance and recently seized more than $728,000 in fentanyl in a single enforcement action at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge. “Our frontline CBP officers continued to remain vigilant amid heavy Semana Santa traffic and that dedication to the
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – CBP agriculture specialists at the Laredo Port of Entry have issued seven penalties totaling over $6,500 to smugglers attempting to bring in commercial quantities of prohibited agricultural items. Over the last month and a half, CBP agriculture specialists and officers have encountered several attempts to smuggle large quantities of
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, McAllen, Tx– The City of McAllen is holding a regular election for registered voter residents of McAllen City Commission Districts 4 and 5 on Saturday, May 4, 2019. Early Voting for those offices will begin on Monday, April 22, 2019 continuing through Tuesday, April 30, 3019, from 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – With the Easter festivities right around the corner, CBP is reminding the traveling public that cascarones (confetti-filled eggshells) are restricted to quantities of 12 per passenger and the shells may be decorated, etched, or painted but they must be clean, dry, and free of any egg residue. They may
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