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
Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Yuma Sector's Blythe Station announced they seized 36 pounds of fentanyl during a drug bust on March 26. The announcement was made in a post by the Yuma Sector Chief on March 31.
According to the CBP, Blythe agents stopped a Freightliner semi-truck as it attempted to pass through the California Highway 78 immigration checkpoint. Upon inspection, they discovered that the driver, a Mexican national, was carrying more than 36 pounds of fentanyl in the truck. Homeland Security Investigations took custody of the driver and confiscated both the drugs and the truck.
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.
Screenshot of Yuma Sector Chief's March 31 post on X
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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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