Troy A. Miller, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner | U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Troy A. Miller, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner | U.S. Customs and Border Protection
In collaboration with the Calexico West Port of Entry, agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Yuma Sector seized more than 114 pounds of fentanyl, according to an October 30 post on X.
"More than 114 pounds of fentanyl is off the streets and out of our communities thanks to collaboration between #YumaSector and the #Calexico West POE. The drugs were found concealed in a vehicle entering the U.S. from Mexico," wrote the Yuma Sector's Chief Patrol Agent in an October 30 post on X.
According to information available on CBP's webpage dedicated to it, the Yuma sector spans 181,670 square miles of desert between California and Arizona. It also includes 126 miles of the U.S. border stretching from the Imperial Sand Dunes to the Yuma-Pima County Line. Over the last two decades, this sector has doubled in size since its establishment in 2004. The sector encompasses three border stations: Blythe in California and two others in Arizona - Yuma and Wellton.
The U.S. Border Patrol, a federal law enforcement agency operating under the Department of Homeland Security, is tasked with safeguarding the nation's borders against illegal entry of people and contraband. Since its inception in 1924, it has been operating across 328 ports of entry while protecting approximately 7,000 miles of land borders and an extensive 95,000 miles of maritime borders.
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