Border Patrol seizes 53 pounds of methamphetamine near Tubac and Ruby
In a recent operation near Tubac and Ruby, Arizona Border Patrol agents discovered over 53 pounds of methamphetamine abandoned in backpacks.
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Tucson Border Chief McGoffin: Cabotage laws ‘protect U.S. jobs and transportation routes’
Sean McGoffin, Border Patrol Chief for Tucson, Arizona, said that agents at the I-19 checkpoint stopped two semi-trucks for cabotage violations.
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Tucson Border Chief McGoffin: Agents seized ’75 bricks of meth near the Border Wall east of Nogales’
Sean McGoffin, Border Patrol Chief for Tucson, Arizona, reported that agents near Nogales, Arizona, discovered several abandoned duffel bags containing more than 160 pounds of methamphetamine.
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Tucson Border Chief McGoffin on human smugglers: ‘You can run, but you can’t hide’
Sean McGoffin, Border Patrol Chief for Tucson, Arizona, said that agents intercepted two human smuggling attempts after drivers evaded traffic stops in Arizona, leading to 13 arrests.
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Tucson Border Patrol Chief McGoffin: ‘Binational collaboration leads to stash house takedown’
Sean McGoffin, Border Patrol Chief for Tucson, Arizona, said that Mexican law enforcement dismantled a stash house near Altar, Sonora, after receiving information from the Three Points Border Patrol International Liaison Unit.
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Border Patrol Chief McGoffin: Illegal alien arrest ‘prevented a dangerous gang member from entering our community’
Sean McGoffin, the Border Patrol chief for Tucson, Arizona, announced that agents at the Brian A. Terry Station employed surveillance technology to apprehend a previously deported Mexican Sureño gang member with felony convictions after he…
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Border Patrol Chief McGoffin: ‘Arizona Troopers took down a massive Phoenix drug operation’
Sean McGoffin, Border Patrol Chief for Tucson, Arizona, announced that Tucson Sector agents and Arizona state troopers executed search warrants in Phoenix, uncovering firearms, fentanyl pills, and mushrooms, leading to three arrests.
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Tucson Border Chief McGoffin: Checkpoint stop resulted in seizure of ‘over 20 pounds of Methamphetamine’
Sean McGoffin, the Border Patrol chief for Tucson, Arizona, announced that agents at the Interstate-19 checkpoint near Nogales seized over 20 pounds of methamphetamine concealed in meat packages.
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Border Chief McGoffin: Tucson Sector border agents seized ‘over 20lbs’ of methamphetamine
Sean McGoffin, Chief Patrol Agent for the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector, announced that agents recovered an abandoned bag near Ruby, Arizona, containing over 20 pounds of crystal methamphetamine.
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Border Patrol Chief McGoffin: Mexican immigrant with ‘lengthy criminal history’ arrested
Sean McGoffin, Border Patrol Chief of the Tucson Sector, announced that Tucson agents had arrested a Mexican national with felony convictions and gang affiliations who had been previously deported in 2009.
