ALABAMA - It has been a busy year for U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents in terms of drug seizures. So far this year, authorities have seen the single-largest haul of drugs ever seized at a U.S. port of entry when they confiscated over six tons of methamphetamine back in February. And just last month, CBP performed the largest fentanyl seizure in agency history, intercepting close to 4 million blue fentanyl pills.
As drug smuggling continues to happen on a daily basis across all ports of entry, and recent reports of cartels using children to smuggle drugs in Arizona, officials at the Eagle Pass location remain on high alert. Earlier this month, CBP officers in Eagle Pass confiscated over $700,000 in narcotics and more recently, they had back-to-back days with bundles of cocaine trying to be smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border.
