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Feb 17, 2009

Officers in Calexico discover 2,109 pounds of marijuana in an RV. Courtesy photo Calexico, Calif. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico downtown port of entry intercepted 2,109 pounds of marijuana worth more than $1.2 million. The…

Feb 17, 2009

Pallets of stone contain 403 packages of cocaine. Courtesy photo Brownsville, Texas U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Cargo Facility at Veterans International Bridge discovered nearly $18 million in cocaine hidden within a commercial shipment of cantera stone…

Feb 17, 2009

In one of the largest counterfeiting schemes of this type to date nationwide, a 19-count federal indictment was unsealed charging Christopher Loring Walters, 28, of Newport Beach, California, and Matthew Thomas Purse, 32, of Gilbert, Arizona, with Conspiracy, Mail and…

Feb 17, 2009

More than 4,100 pounds of marijuana is found in Arizona. Tucson, Ariz. CBP Border Patrol agents exposed a plot to smuggle more than two tons of marijuana into the United States. Border Patrol agents assigned to Tucson sector linked three…

Feb 3, 2009

Yuma, Ariz. In a coordinated effort, United States Border Patrol agents from the Yuma sector spike two vehicles driving through the Colorado River, and seize $2.8 million worth of marijuana. At about 10:20 p.m., a Yuma sector agent observed three…

Feb 3, 2009

In a spy case eerily reminiscent of one from more than two decades ago, a federal indictment was unsealed January 29 charging a father and son with conspiracy against the United States. Harold J. Nicholsona former CIA employeeand his 24-year-old…

Feb 3, 2009

Scientists Monitoring it 24/7 The level of seismic activity at Mount Redoubt Volcano, 106 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, has increased and an eruption is possible within days to weeks. Scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) are monitoring events…

Jan 22, 2009

Underwater Search and Evidence Response Team Helped Pinpoint Lost Engine This image from the FBI dive team's sector scan, or radial, sonar shows the engine from US Airways Flight 1549 resting on the bottom of the Hudson River in New…