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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 25, 2011

Veteran Maine Game Warden Dies In Plane Crash

Daryl Gordon was flying a department-owned Cessna 185. He was located after a night-long search involving the Maine Forest Service, Maine State Police, the Houlton Air Branch of Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol, and Civil Air Patrol.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 4, 2011

Mexican Nationals Used Dive Scooters To Illegally Enter U.S.

At about 8:45 p.m., the crew of an aircraft piloted by the Customs and Border Protection's Office of Air and Marine spotted two suspicious subjects in wetsuits who were carrying the self-propelled underwater devices. The males were walking north on the beach, south of Seacoast Drive.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 21, 2010

Atlanta Murder Suspect a Federal Officer

A man now accused of killing his estranged wife and her girlfriend worked as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2010

Border Patrol Agent Shot, Killed in Southern Arizona

Agent Brian Terry, 40, was killed at about 11 p.m. near Peck Canyon, about 10 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border west of Rio Rico on the Interstate 19. Four suspects are in custody and one is being pursued, according to a press release from Customs and Border Protection.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2010

Alaska Customs Agent's Body Found In Submerged Vehicle

The body of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent has been found and identified as Charles Collins, who went missing in mid-July amid highway flooding.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 3, 2010

Connecticut Man Arrested In Failed Times Square Bombing

The man, who has been identified as 30-year-old Faisal Shahzad, was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at JFK International Airport at midnight as he attempted to board a flight to Dubai.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 29, 2009

TASER International Receives U.S. Customs and Border Protection Contract

TASER International, a market leader in digital evidence solutions and electronic control devices (ECDs), today announced that it received an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract which can potentially extend for a five-year period from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The order received was for TASER X26 ECDs and related accessories.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 21, 2009

New Trend in Drug Smuggling: Juvenile 'Mules' Who are U.S. Citizens

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested the teenagers, all U.S. citizens, on Thursday and Friday at the San Ysidro and Calexico ports of entry. Agents seized roughly 17 pounds of marijuana and just over a pound of brown heroin, worth an estimated $38,000, officials said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2009

Border Agents Reporting Record Drug Seizures

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is reporting record drug seizures for the first three quarters of fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30. The agency seized 3.3 million pounds of drugs.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 12, 2009

U.S. Customs Set to Classify All Folding Knives as Switchblades

United States Customs and Border Protection plans to classify assisted-opening knives and all one-hand-opening knives as switchblades, which are banned.

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