Customs and Border Protection
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Customs issues final rules on postal preclearance in opioid crisis
The CBP’s final rule is seen as aiding the U.S. Postal Service in weighing which shipments fail to comply with a data preclearance directive.
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Marijuana, meth, e-cigarettes seized at Texas ports
More than $3.6 million in marijuana, methamphetamine and e-cigarettes were seized from Texas ports during three recent incidents.
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FreightWaves Classics
FreightWaves Flashback: Customs X-rays containers
1994: Despite its effectiveness in catching contraband, Customs pulls the plug on X-ray procedures at Tacoma.
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Border agents seize $37M in meth from trucks
Agents find more than 1,800 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a shipment of tomatoes and in gas tanks.
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Mexican truckers block US border bridge to protest ‘delays’
Mexican drivers were protesting having to return empty tractor-trailers through the Colombia-Solidarity bridge
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Opioid crackdown deadline for international mail on brink of miss
Experts warn of parcel backlog at U.S. entry points should CBP refuse entry to shipments.
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Texas border agents seize $12M in drugs from tractor-trailers
In separate incidents, border officers in Texas discovered trucks used to smuggle alleged methamphetamine and marijuana.
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Laredo CBP seizes narcotics worth $3M
CBP agents across Texas seized $821M worth of drugs during FY 2020.
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$9.3M in fake handbags, shoes seized at DFW Airport
Inside the boxes agents found fake Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Adidas merchandise.
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CBP seizes $60M in Texas meth busts
CBP agents seized $60 million worth of meth in two separate incidents involving tractor-trailers at the border in Laredo, Texas.
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