{"id":347820,"date":"2026-06-05T09:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/347820\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:38:09","slug":"cbp-seizes-over-300k-in-fentanyl-cocaine-at-two-california-border-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/347820\/","title":{"rendered":"CBP seizes over $300K in fentanyl, cocaine at two California border ports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Customs and Border Protection stopped two separate vehicles and confiscated over $300,000 worth of narcotics over the span of a day.<\/p>\n

The apprehensions continue to demonstrate the high volume of narcotics<\/a> that smugglers are attempting to bring across the southern U.S. border, even as immigration numbers have plummeted in recent months.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, May 17, agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry referred a 2013 Honda<\/a> Civic for secondary inspection. After an imaging system detected anomalies in the car\u2019s firewall, they discovered six packages of white fentanyl powder worth roughly $113,600 along with 8.4 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $161,600.<\/p>\n

CBP OFFICERS SEIZE OVER $14M OF ALLEGED METHAMPHETAMINE AT SOUTHERN BORDER<\/a><\/p>\n

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Two shipments of narcotics apprehended by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Sunday, May 17, 2026. (Customs and Border Protection)<\/p>\n

That same day at the Calexico East Port of Entry, about 100 miles away, a 2011 Nissan<\/a> Cube was also sent to secondary inspection. Agents there discovered 63 packets of methamphetamine after a scan of that vehicle detected anomalies in its flooring.<\/p>\n

Officials praised both detections.<\/p>\n

“Sunday may be a day of rest for many, but criminals don\u2019t take days off, and neither do our CBP officers,” San Diego<\/a> Director of Field Operations Sidney Aki said<\/p>\n

“Our officers remain vigilant around the clock, and these significant seizures are a direct result of their commitment to keeping dangerous drugs like these from entering our country.”<\/p>\n

SOUTHERN BORDER APPREHENSIONS PLUNGE MORE THAN 90% FROM YEAR AGO IN APRIL, CBP SAYS<\/a><\/p>\n

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CBP officers escort a wanted person at a U.S. port of entry. (Customs and Border Protection)<\/p>\n

The agency believes its operations are a continuation of efforts laid out by President Donald Trump<\/a> and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, even as immigration border crossings have come down.<\/p>\n

Since the end of 2024, border crossings have plummeted,<\/a> going from over 144,000 encounters in December 2024 to just 10,000 in April.<\/p>\n

Even so, CBP has reported several high-profile smuggling attempts that have sought to bring weapons, narcotics and humans across the U.S. border.<\/p>\n

ARREST OF GANG MEMBER CONVICTED OF MURDER PUTS DEM STATE\u2019S SANCTUARY POLICIES ON BLAST<\/a><\/p>\n

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A US Border Patrol pickup is parked next to a wall under construction at the US-Mexico border in Santa Teresa, N.M., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, on Jan. 14, 2026. (Herika Martinez\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Recently, CBP has released reports on how it had prevented a car carrying a rocket-propelled grenade launcher from crossing<\/a> the border, detected dozens of immigrants crammed into a semi-truck and even detained a boat off the coast of the Dominican Republic with the help of a Black Hawk helicopter.<\/p>\n

“CBP officers along the southwest border<\/a> stop illegal activity, including the smuggling of drugs and humans, and facilitate lawful entry for millions of legitimate travelers into the United States,” CBP said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Customs and Border Protection stopped two separate vehicles and confiscated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5775,7,9,8,2781,5776,14,95645],"class_list":["post-347820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-border-security","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-drugs","tag-homeland-security","tag-immigration","tag-markwayne-mullin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}