Drug Bust

Nearly $8 million worth of narcotics were seized at U.S.-Mexico border ports near or in California leading up to the Memorial Day weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said.

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, fentanyl seizures at the U.S.-Mexico border have reached a record high.

Local law enforcement officials said they’ve experienced an “unprecedented” increase in enforcement actions against alleged drug smugglers, traffickers and dealers.

More than $100,000 worth of methamphetamine was discovered in the front bumper of a car during inspection at an Imperial County border port of entry, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Border Patrol agents seized narcotics, with an estimated street value of $483,000, that were turned over to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Friday.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at two border crossings south of San Diego stopped nearly 40 gallons of liquid methamphetamine from being smuggled into the United States inside trailers last weekend, the agency said Wednesday.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s San Diego field office announced this week that the total amount of narcotics seized at Southern California ports of entry this past fiscal year decreased from the previous year.

A woman is facing drug smuggling charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized around 28 pounds of cocaine inside her wheelchair’s tires last week at John F. Kennedy International Airport. According to CBP, Emelinda Paulino De Rivas, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, arrived on a flight from Punta Cana on Thursday and was traveling in a...

The Mexican army says a tip led to the seizure of almost 1.5 tons of meth and 328 pounds (149 kilograms) of apparent fentanyl at a checkpoint in the northern border state of Sonora.

Four men were charged Friday with federal drug trafficking counts in connection with what the U.S. Attorney’s Office said was one of the largest methamphetamine seizures in San Diego County.

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More than 50 pounds of marijuana, over 1,600 Xanax bars, about 100 fentanyl pills, around $175,000 and other narcotic contraband were found at a San Diego luxury apartment complex by San Diego Police Department’s SWAT team and detectives Friday night.

Roughly 26 pounds of methamphetamine were found in child booster seats near a Border Patrol checkpoint in Murrieta, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

Detectives in the East Bay say they recently seized a $4.2 million haul of illicit fentanyl in Oakland and Hayward, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.