customs and border protection

Liquid methamphetamine hidden in a dozen plastic bottles labeled as dog shampoo was seized this month at Los Angeles International Airport. The April 1 seizure was made by Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to LAX’s Outbound Enforcement Team. More than 17 pounds of liquid methamphetamine was found in the bottles destined for Australia, the CBP said. The shipment was…

Over 1,000 fake firearms and suppressors seized at LAX in 2025.

Over three dozen live beetles concealed inside packages of Japanese snacks were discovered by US Customs and Border Protection at the Los Angeles International Airport last month. 

Nine people were indicted in a smuggling operation from China into the United States through the LA-Long Beach port complex,

U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station arrested an alleged member of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) who entered the country illegally along with a group of people, officials announced last week.

A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer convicted of taking bribes to allow drug-laden vehicles across the U.S.-Mexico border was sentenced to over 23 years in prison.

Several questions remain unanswered days after Customs and Border Protection agents drew their weapons in detaining a San Diego family at the border, in what the family said was a case of mistaken identity.

Cell phone video shows border agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry with their guns drawn on a family returning home from a funeral in Mexico Thursday, in what the family said was a case of mistaken identity as the agents searched for someone with a common name.