Mar 4, 2024 · CBP officials created a broad strategy to combat opioids with four primary goals: Enhance collaboration and information sharing; Produce actionable intelligence; Target the opioid supply chain; Protect CBP personnel from exposure to opioids

Apr 10, 2024 · NOGALES, AZ – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today announced that it will lead an expanded, multi-agency effort to target the transnational criminals funneling fentanyl from Mexico into American communities.

CBP sharpens focus to stop deadly fentanyl and other synthetics, as well as precursors and the equipment to make them, in midst of unprecedented smuggling of the dangerous drugs. CBP officers in Nogales, Arizona, seized nearly $4.6 million in fentanyl and methamphetamine totaling close to 650 pounds in January 2019. Photo by Jerry Glaser.

Investigate and prepare for the prosecution of major violators of controlled substances laws operating domestically and internationally, including those involved in gangs and who perpetrate violence within U.S. communities and linked to regional cells, global drug cartel networks, as well as narco-terrorism organizations.

CBP steps up efforts to stop drugs at the border at a time when a pandemic is actually helping funnel smugglers to its most watched areas. By John Davis. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer helps conduct a non-intrusive – better known as X-ray –inspection of a vehicle in Miami. Photo by Ozzy Trevino.

Oct 26, 2023 · CBP will continue to collaborate with domestic and international partners to thwart the flow of illicit fentanyl by enhancing information-sharing efforts, producing actionable intelligence, targeting the synthetic supply chain, and protecting CBP’s personnel and canines from exposure to fentanyl.

Jul 31, 2024 · Launched in October 2023, Operation Apollo is a CBP counter-fentanyl operation that disrupts drug and chemical supplies, collects and shares intelligence, and leverages valuable state and local law enforcement partnerships in southern California. In the last two weeks, CBP announced Operation Apollo X to expand that collaboration to El Paso, Texas.

The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to ensure the safety and health of American communities by combating criminal drug networks bringing harm, violence, overdoses, and poisonings to the United States.

Mar 8, 2024 · Over 2,000 arrests and over 13,000 pounds of fentanyl seized so far in FY 2024. WASHINGTON – Yesterday, in the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress, President Joe Biden laid out his Administration’s efforts to crack down on the global criminal networks that have fueled American overdose deaths.

report examines: (1) CBP’s policies and procedures for testing suspected illicit drugs in the field; (2) available data on CBP’s field drug testing; and (3) CBP’s efforts to help ensure timely and accurate test results.