A commercial detergent shipment concealed 240 packages of suspected methamphetamine. CBP officers found the drugs during a secondary inspection at the Roma International Bridge.
A tractor-trailer arrived from Mexico carrying fresh produce before inspection technology detected anomalies. Officers ultimately seized 1,675.5 pounds of methamphetamine.
A tractor-trailer entered a major Texas cargo crossing before inspection equipment flagged something unusual. What officers found inside prompted a federal investigation.
A federal judge sentenced Garcia to nine years after agents uncovered manipulated assignments and ignored alerts. Another former CBP officer received an even longer term.
A Kenworth hauling bell peppers drew additional scrutiny at a Texas border crossing, where CBP officers uncovered 16 packages of cocaine.
CBP officers seized 126.5 kilograms of suspected cocaine during a commercial vehicle inspection at the Hidalgo Port of Entry. Homeland Security Investigations has opened a criminal investigation following the June 24 seizure.
DHL says it will pause accepting certain B2C shipments after U.S. authorities eliminated the informal entry process for shipments under $2,500, which has swamped the company’s ability to process formal entries.
More than $32 million worth of drugs has been seized recently at commercial ports in Texas, Michigan and Washington.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it has discovered gray-market imports of Ozempic from Colombia and is trying to close down the shipping pipeline.
Seko Logistics said U.S. Customs and Border Protection has harmed its business by temporarily suspending some import privileges without providing evidence of wrongdoing.
U.S. trade regulators and lawmakers are trying to even the playing field for U.S. companies and close a security gap by cracking down on e-commerce importers taking advantage of a trade loophole.
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Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: CBP urges trade community to adopt electronic export manifest; GXO to close Fort Worth, Texas, facility, lay off 116 workers; FedEx Ground opening distribution center near Houston; and Hisun Motors Corp opens $105M plant in Mexico.
Descartes has acquired NetCHB, a customs filing technology provider that specializes in e-commerce border trade.
A trucker could face prosecution after U.S. border officers say they found nearly 70 pounds of cocaine in a trailer full of watermelons and peppers she was hauling to Canada.
U.S. Customs and the Transportation Security Administration have different programs for preventing explosives from being smuggled onto aircraft in the cargo. A new report recommends ways to further improve security.
The technology upgrades at 12 points of entry along the borders of Canada and Mexico will enable U.S. Customs and Border Protection to inspect rail cargo more quickly and securely, according to CBP.
Agents occasionally find the green coca plant leaves during searches but rarely find green powder cocaine, authorities said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine worth more than $2.8 million in separate incidents in Texas, authorities said.
