Pete R. Flores, Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection | U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Pete R. Flores, Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection | U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Blythe Station agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Yuma Sector reported thwarting a drug smuggling attempt and arresting an unnamed driver for possessing a loaded firearm as a prohibited person during a traffic stop, according to a post on X on February 24.
According to the X post, as a result of the traffic stop, the U.S. citizen driver, the firearm, more than $6,000, and over a pound of marijuana were turned over to local law enforcement.
The Blythe Station opened in 1948 and was documenting several hundred illegal aliens by 1953. The station began in a rented office in downtown Blythe and moved to its current location, a facility built to house four agents, in 1961, according to the station’s webpage.
Screenshot of Yuma Sector Chief's Feb. 24 post on X
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The Yuma Sector, established in 2004, spans 181,670 square miles of desert between California and Arizona, encompassing 126 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. Over time, the sector has expanded, now including three border stations: Blythe, Yuma, and Wellton, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's dedicated webpage.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security, is tasked with safeguarding the nation's borders and preventing illegal entry. Since its establishment in 1924, CBP has operated across 328 ports of entry, protecting 7,000 miles of land borders and 95,000 miles of maritime borders.
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