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Baltimore businessman imprisoned for undervaluing Chinese imports
A Chinese national selling plastic bags, restaurant supplies and other merchandise from China out of a warehouse in Baltimore was sentenced to 16 months in prison Wednesday for dodging customs duties on the imported products, according to the Maryland U....Tags: Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), China, Punishment, Annapolis, Prisons
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Getting high on the high seas?
For the few who want to get high on the high seas, watch out for customs. U.S. Customs officers said they've had a busy week at the South Baltimore terminal -- issuing what it called seven $500 "zero-tolerance" citations to passengers trying to board a...
Tags: Police Arrests, Punishment, Drugs and Medicines, Royal Caribbean International, Heroin
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Border crossings: prosperity, peril
Sun StaffTENENEXPAN, Mexico - The route that Noemi and Andrea Quezada traveled from this small farming village into the United States is an inhospitable passage, but one that many of their family members have chanced over the years in an effort to escape...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Baltimore County, Children, Furniture, Death
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In 30 days, Border Patrol rescues 177 people from Arizona desert
TUCSON -- U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Tucson region have saved 177 people during the last 30 days in the southern Arizona desert as summer temperatures have reach perilous levels, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials....
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24 apprehended when boat washes ashore in Crystal Cove
Twenty-four men and women reportedly trying to enter the country illegally were apprehended when the panga-style boat in which they were riding came ashore near Crystal Cove State Park, authorities said. The passengers -- 23 from Mexico and one from...
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Valley Police Beat: Several pounds of narcotics found inside muffler
Staff WritersCALEXICO — More than 23 pounds of heroin and methamphetamine were found concealed in a car muffler Wednesday as the driver attempted to cross through the Downtown Port of Entry, a press release announced. The narcotics were found around 12:30 p....Tags: Embezzlement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Police Arrests, Heroin, Corporate Crime
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Chase on the seas: Migrant boat capsizes after border agents shoot out engine
Border agents fired shots at a fleeing boat loaded with 14 immigrants, boarded the vessel – which then capsized and hurled all aboard into the dark waters off Palm Beach County, according to federal court documents obtained by the Sun Sentinel....Tags: Immigration, National Security, Riviera Beach, Lake Worth, Palm Beach County
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Boat with 24 aboard seized near Crystal Cove
Law enforcement officials seized a boat carrying 24 passengers early Thursday morning near Crystal Cove State Park. Officers from Orange County Sheriff's and Newport Beach Police departments, and the California Department of Parks and Recreation,...
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Valley Police Beat: Security heightened at Frank Wright Middle School
IMPERIAL — Frank Wright Middle School is experiencing heightened security as indications that a weapon could be brought to campus were found in graffiti, a district official confirmed. The graffiti was found in the girls’ restroom. The...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Drug Trafficking
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Thirty-two pounds of meth found at port
CALEXICO - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a woman after finding about $384,000 worth of methamphetamine hidden in the vehicle she was driving at the Calexico downtown Port of Entry Sunday afternoon. Around 1:30 p.m., a canine...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Ford, Drugs and Medicines
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In Arizona, border crossings down, but migrant deaths on rise
TUCSON — The numbers of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally into this country are at historical lows, but a report released Wednesday shows that the death rates among these migrants are at an all-time high in the southern Arizona...
Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Border Patrol, Washington, DC, Mexico, FBI
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Travel light, exit faster at O'Hare
Here's another benefit of traveling light: Passengers who arrive at O'Hare International Airport from overseas without checked luggage now can get around what had been unavoidable delays, thanks to a new streamlined entry process. Arriving international...
Tags: Transportation Industry, O'Hare International Airport, International Travel, Trips and Vacations
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