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Tucson Border Patrol Weekend Seizures Net $3.6 Million in Marijuana

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 4,500 pounds of marijuana

(TUCSON, Ariz.) - In six unrelated incidents this weekend, Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 4,500 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of more than $3.6 million.

This truck, which smugglers attempted to camouflage, was discovered by agents as part of a weekend full of major seizures.

US Special Forces are Operating in Mexico

On the surface US military intervention in Mexico might be justified. However we must remind ourselves that in the past the underlying motives for US incursions have been based around economic investment issues.

(CIUDAD, Juarez) - A former CIA operative has claimed that US Special Forces are operating in Mexico not only in providing intelligence and training security forces but also “taking direct action against narco-trafficking organizations.”

Sonoita checkpoint Marijuana busts

(Tucson, Ariz) - Tuesday, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 83 Checkpoint located near Sonoita, Ariz., seized almost 600 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of more than $475,000.

In two separate incidents, Agents working the Highway 83 Checkpoint prevented illicit smuggling attempts. While agents were conducting patrol, they encountered a vehicle and upon further inspection discovered bundles of dope in the backseat. The total weight of the marijuana was more than 240 pounds. The contraband was seized and held for processing.

Champlain CBP Officers Thwart Major Ecstasy Smuggling Attempt

The Ecstasy seized by CBP has a street value of approximately $2.1 million

(Champlain, N.Y.) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Field Operations today announced the seizure of approximately 62 pounds of methylene-dioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), better known as the club-drug “Ecstasy.” The seizure resulted in the arrest of two Canadian citizens.

CBP Sizes more than 1.1 million worth of hard narcotics

(Calexico, Calif.) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Calexico ports of entry made three significant hard narcotics seizures over the weekend worth over $1.1 million dollars.

The first seizure occurred on Friday, Sept. 17, at about 4 a.m. at the Calexico downtown port when a CBP officer conducting inspections of travelers entering the United States referred the driver of a 1997 Dodge Caravan and his passenger, both 23-year-old males, to the secondary area for further investigation

Two tons of Marijuana seized in 24 hours by Arizona Border Patrol

(Tucson, Ariz) - In two separate incidents in the past 24 hours, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Ajo, Ariz. station seized marijuana with a combined weight of approximately 4,000 pounds and an estimated value exceeding $3.1 million.

Border Patrol agents in Ajo, Ariz. found more than a ton of marijuana being transported into the U.S. via these backpacks.

Border patrol stops SENTRI Member, mother with toddler each with about 40 Pounds of Cocaine

CBP officers seized 15 packages of cocaine weighing about 40 pounds from the vehicle of a SENTRI member

(San Diego, Calif) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro port of entry Thursday seized 85 pounds of cocaine during two different apprehensions, one involving a SENTRI member, the other a mother with her three-year-old son also in the car.

U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona Seize More Than $1 Million in Drugs

The cocaine weighs 27 pounds and has an estimated street valued of $889,000.

(Yuma, Ariz.) - U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Yuma Sector seized more than $1 million of marijuana and cocaine, and arrested three drug smugglers in two separate incidents this week.

Blythe Station Border Patrol agents seized 27 pounds of cocaine in a wheel well at the Highway 95 checkpoint south of Quartzsite, Ariz. on Tuesday.

Calexico Port Officers Seize $1.3 Million worth of Narcotics over the Labor Day Weekend

(Calexico, Calif.) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico downtown port of entry seized over $1.3 million dollars worth of narcotics in three separate incidents over the Labor Day weekend.

Pain Classified as a Disease?
Please, Give Us a Break

A declaration calls on governments and health-care institutions to establish laws, policies and systems that will help promote access to pain management.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - If "pain" is recognized as a "disease" and not a "symptom" -- there won't be enough hours in the day for the DEA, the DOJ, or the FDA to restrain the pharmaceutical industry drug cartels

Last week the first International Pain Summit was held in Montreal at the 13th World Congress on Pain. A "leading pain authority" by the name of Michael Cousins, an Australian anesthesiologist, reported that about 80 per cent of people with chronic pain do not get adequate relief and are suffering needlessly throughout the world.