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December |
| December 30 | Customs Operation Targets a Variety of Violators |
| December 22 | U.S. Customs Officers Bring Holiday Cheer to Charities |
| December 19 | U.S. Customs Seizes Heroin and Marijuana |
| December 18 | Two Port Runners Stopped With Marijuana |
| December 18 | Customs Will Donate Seized Clothing For The Holidays |
| December 15 | U.S. Customs Officers Seize Drugs During Weekend of Operation HARD LINE Inspections |
| December 12 | Cocaine Shipment Actually Contained Heroin |
| December 12 | U.S. Customs Seizes 44 Pounds of Cocaine & 3,593 Pounds of Marijuana |
| December 11 | "Snow" on the Arizona Border |
| December 11 | Customs Agents Take Down Marijuana Smuggler Near School Yard |
| December 11 | Record Marijuana Seizure made By U.S. Customs Inspectors |
| December 8 | Customs Special Agents Seize 256.3 Pounds of Cocaine |
| December 5 | U.S. Customs Inspectors Kept Busy Seizing 2,151 Pounds of Marijuana |
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November |
| November 26 | El Paso Customs Inspectors Stop 8 Marijuana Loads Tuesday |
| November 25 | Customs Service Drug & Currency Seizure Statistics - Fiscal Year 1997 |
| November 24 | Customs Inspectors Seize More Drugs at Ferry |
| November 21 | Another Big Week For U.S. Customs |
| November 20 | Columbus Customs Inspectors Stop 4 Marijuana Loads in 4 Days |
| November 18 | U.S. Customs Agents Receive Award |
| November 18 | Millions Enter U.S. Through West Texas & New Mexico |
| November 18 | Customs Continues to Seize Large Amounts of Drugs & Money |
| November 18 | Customs Presents Huge School Fair |
| November 18 | Customs Makes Huge Heroin Seizure |
| November 17 | U.S. Customs Inspectors Seize 39.5 Pounds of Marijuana |
| November 17 | Customs Seizes Ten Pounds of Heroin at San Ysidro |
| November 17 | New Santa Teresa Crossing Opens Today Customs Moves Into New Digs |
| November 14 | U.S. Customs Foils 18 Smuggling Attempts & Seizes Marijuana, Coacaine & Prescription Medication |
| November 14 | Customs "Outbound" Enforcement Targets Currency, Guns, & More |
| November 14 | U.S. Customs Unveils First Cargo Search X-Ray in Texas |
| November 10 | Customs Inspectors Nab 235 Pound Cocaine Load |
| November 7 | Another Ton Bites the Dust |
| November 7 | Customs Special Agents Seize 399 Pounds of Cocaine |
| November 5 | Drug "Swallower" Dies From Overdose |
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October |
| October 31 | New Customs X-Ray Yields Marijuana |
| October 28 | Customs Inspectors Seize Heroin |
| October 23 | FBI Presents Award to Customs Inspector for Apprehension of Most Wanted Fugitive |
| October 22 | APEC Conference to Focus on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights |
| October 22 | Customs Expedites Rail Traffic With New EDI System |
| October 17 | U.S. Customs Seizes 1,846 Pounds of Marijuana |
| October 17 | Customs Participates in Red Ribbon Week Activities |
| October 10 | El Paso Schoolchildren Complete U.S. Customs Service Taught Anti-Gang Program |
| October 9 | Customs Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month |
| October 9 | Customs Interdicts Smuggler On Ferry |
| October 8 | U.S. Customs Announces Major Seizures of Counterfeit Merchandise |
| October 8 | Customs Inspectors Catch Swallowers of Heroin |
| October 7 | U.S. Customs Inspector Delivers Baby Girl |
| October 3 | Customs Seizes Currency, Contraband & Cock Fighting Spurs |
| October 1 | U.S. Customs & Trade Officials Meet in San Diego |
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September |
| September 29 | More Swallowers Caught by Customs Inspectors |
| September 26 | U.S. Customs Nabs Over 2 Million Dollars in Marijuana |
| September 25 | Swallower Caught by Customs Inspectors |
| September 25 | Detecting Traffic in Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| September 24 | U.S. Customs Inspectors Say No Deal to Fifth Wheel |
| September 24 | Customs Inspectors Seize Heroin |
| September 23 | Customs Inspectors Nab Homicide Suspects |
| September 22 | Expansion of Customs Cargo Facility |
| September 19 | U.S. Customs Service Inspectors Seize 14 Marijuana Loads |
| September 19 | Customs Inspectors Capture Child Rapist |
| September 15 | Shoppers Stopped With 1.5 Tons of Marijuana |
| September 12 | Customs Seizes 1,135 Pounds Marijuana |
| September 12 | Customs Inspectors Seize 119 Pounds of Cocaine at San Ysidro |
| September 12 | Record Seizure for Douglas Customs Inspectors |
| September 11 | Customs Inspectors Seize Eight Pounds of Heroin at San Ysidro |
| September 3 | Customs Nabs Second Record Illegal Cuban Cigar Shipment |
| September 3 | Customs Stops 13 Marijuana Loads |
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August |
| August 30 | Customs Inspectors Apprehend Fugitive |
| August 29 | Customs Gives Teens Designer Duds |
| August 29 | Sticky Removal of Cocaine from Smuggler |
| August 27 | IMPORTERS & EXPORTERS: Customs Has News For You On The Web |
| August 22 | Customs Seizes Cocaine, Marijuana, Freon and Cash |
| August 19 | Customs Special Agents Nab Port Runner |
| August 19 | U.S. Customs Fights Child Pornography |
| August 19 | U.S. Customs Stops $$$ Going to Mexico |
| August 14 | U.S. Customs Identifies Textile Transshipping Firms |
| August 12 | Hot Web Site For International Travelers |
| August 8 | Wounded Customs Inspectors Honored With Valor Awards |
| August 6 | Goals for the Year 2000 |
| August 6 | Progress On Hong Kong Transshipment Issue |
| August 5 | Methamphetamine Seizure by U.S. Customs Inspectors |
| August 5 | $121,500 Cuban Cigar Seizure by Customs at San Ysidro |
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July |
| July 31 | A Pound Here, A Pound There...Heroin |
| July 31 | Christmas In July |
| July 31 | Customs Busts Four With Marijuana |
| July 25 | U.S. Customs Returns Stolen Manuscript Pages to Spain |
| July 25 | Customs Foils Five Marijuana Smuggling Attempts Worth $615,000 |
| July 25 | Customs Nabs Murder Suspect |
| July 24 | Customs Seizes Cocaine and Marijuana |
| July 22 | Port Runner Injures Three Customs Officers |
| July 22 | Customs Kiosk Helps Travelers to "Know Before You Go" |
| July 22 | Border Port Best Practices Conference |
| July 22 | Media Advisory - Women in Federal Law Enforcement Convene |
| July 21 | Customs Inspectors Find Cocatin 'Of the Highest Quality' |
| July 21 | Customs Stops Another Cocaine Load |
| July 19 | U.S. Customs Is Looking For A Few Good Dogs |
| July 18 | Is It Vintage? |
| July 17 | Two Year Marijuana Smuggling Operation Results In Five Arrests |
| July 16 | Clutter In Closet Results In Costly Cleanup |
| July 15 | Port Runner Loaded With Marijuana |
| July 14 | Customs Stops Huge Cocaine Load |
| July 11 | Unusual Concealment Yields Freon |
| July 10 | Drug Lord's Digs Hit Customs Auction Block |
| July 10 | Cocaine Travels To Houston |
| July 10 | What Is Year 2000 Problem? |
| July 8 | Donating A Dog To U.S. Customs |
| July 7 | Customs Busts Drug Transportation Group |
| July 2 | Customs Agents Are Threatened |
| July 2 | U.S. Customs Find Complicated Concealment |
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June |
| June 25 | U.S. Customs To Design Outreach Program |
| June 25 | Customs "Untouchables" Graduate |
| June 20 | Federal Prosecution Accepted On Freon Smuggling Case |
| June 20 | High Priced Soles Create Suspicion |
| June 19 | Customs and INS Staffing Increases |
| June 19 | Another 8 Marijuana Seizures at Border |
| June 17 | New Port Director for Calexico |
| June 12 | The Chicago Swallowers |
| June 12 | U.S. Customs Returns Stolen Manuscripts to the Vatican |
| June 11 | One Millionth Visit To U.S. Customs Service World Wide Web Site |
| June 9 | Weekend Yields Six Marijuana Seizures |
| June 6 | Female Law Enforcement Invitational Pistol Match |
| June 6 | Customs Canine Corps Expands |
| June 4 | More Than "Gas" on This Shipment |
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May |
| May 29 | Downtown Bridge Construction Completed |
| May 29 | Customs Encounters Ostriches at Border |
| May 28 | Cocaine, Marijuana & Steroids Seized By Customs |
| May 27 | $43 Million In Counterfeit Money Documents Seized |
| May 23 | Customs Boosts Holiday Weekend Staffing |
| May 22 | Tinkering With Tank Brings Results |
| May 19 | Truck X-Ray Nets First Narco Seizure at Calexico Port of Entry |
| May 9 | Customs Reminds Public of Freon Ban |
| May 9 | Customs Inspectors Seize Cocaine at Border |
| May 9 | More Lanes to Open at Downtown Bridge |
| May 6 | Money Returned to Stunned Traveler |
| May 2 | Huge Haul of Marijuana by Customs Agents |
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April |
| April 25 | Bridge Work Closes Lanes at Downtown Bridge |
| April 24 | ?Empty? Trailer Has Trap Door and Conceals Marijuana |
| April 24 | Customs Stops Ten Smuggling Attempts in Two Days |
| April 17 | U.S. Customs Issues Statement Regarding Chevrolet Suburbans |
| April 15 | George J. Weise, Commissioner of U.S. Customs, Announces Retirement |
| April 15 | Customs Operation Hard Line Nets More Cocaine |
| April 14 | Children Complete Customs Taught Anti-Gang Program |
| April 14 | Cocaine Intercepted at Airport |
| April 11 | Living History: Landmark Historic Baltimore Customhouse Reopens After Four-Year Renovation |
| April 10 | "Platform" Shoes Aren't in Vogue |
| April 10 | Customs Seizes Millions at Border |
| April 8 | Customs Nabs Suspects in Triple Homicide |
| April 7 | Customs Makes Numerous Weekend Drug Seizures |
| April 4 | Customs Destroys Thousands of Dangerous Counterfeit Auto Parts |
| April 4 | Customs Investigation Results in Large Marijuana Seizure |
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March |
| March 28 | Three Plead Guilty to Conspiracy and Money Laundering |
| March 28 | Border Inspections Result in Seizures of Marijuana, Birds, Steroids, Freon, Guns and More |
| March 27 | Federal Agencies Boost Holiday Bridge Staffing |
| March 26 | Operation Hard Line AT Work-Customs Inspectors Seize 263 Pounds of Marijuana |
| March 25 | Customs Hard Line Inspection Nets 234 Pounds of Cocaine |
| March 21 | Customs Kiosk Informs International Travelers |
| March 19 | Seven Plead Guilty to Drug Smuggling; One Flees the County |
| March 19 | Rohypol, Ammunition and Marijuana Seized by Customs |
| March 19 | Customs Distributes Seized Clothing to Charity |
| March 14 | Customs and Bureau of the Census Offer Exporting Workshops and Postpone Enforced Compliance Period |
| March 12 | Customs Financial Statements Receive an Unqualified Audit Opinion |
| March 11 | Customs Narcotics Enforcement Recognized by Washington Customs Officials |
| March 7 | U.S. Customs Officers Discover 666 Pounds of Marijuana in a Bus at San Ysidro |
| March 7 | Six Smuggling Attempts Stopped at Border |
| March 6 | Former Customs Fugitive Sentenced to Life Plus Five Years |
| March 6 | Juveniles Hauling Dope Load Caught by Customs |
| March 5 | Team Work Puts Smugglers in the Slammer |
| March 5 | U. S. Customs Leads Border Enforcement Strike Team in 14 Arrests in Major Narcotics Conspiracy Case |
| March 3 | Customs Operation Hard Line Success Continues |
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February |
| February 28 | Children Complete Customs Taught Anti-Gang Program |
| February 27 | Nine Smuggling Attempts Thwarted in Single Day |
| February 21 | Nogales Customs Inspector to Share Operation Hard Line Success Stories on Capitol Hill |
| February 21 | Customs Seizes Amphetamines at Border |
| February 21 | Customs Inspectors Seize More Than One Ton of Marijuana |
| February 20 | Customs Inspectors at Otay Mesa Uncover 966 Pounds of Marijuana in Commercial Truck |
| February 19 | Customs Inspectors Find Almost One Ton of Marijuana in Commercial Vehicle at Nogales Crossing |
| February 14 | Port Runner Vehicles Yields 554 Pounds of Marijuana |
| February 11 | U.S. Customs Presents Big Bucks to Houston Police Department |
| February 10 | U.S. Customs Service Special Agents and Border Alliance Group Officers Seize |
| February 10 | U.S. Customs Officers Intercept Near-Record 43-Pound Load of Heroin at San Ysidro |
| February 5 | Customs Separates The "Weed From The Chafe" |
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January |
| January 31 | Car Jacked Vehicle Recovered During Customs Operation |
| January 31 | Customs Investigations Results In Seizure Of 360 Pounds Of Cocaine |
| January 29 | U.S. Customs Discovers 806 Pounds Of Cocaine In Disney Books |
| January 27 | U.S. Customs Operation Hard Line Officers Make First Significant Narcotics Interdiction |
| January 24 | Customs Kiosk At Logan Airport Informs International Travelers |
| January 24 | International Customs Day Recognized In El Paso |
| January 23 | U.S. Customs Service Inspectors Make 12 Seizures |
| January 22 | Customs Nabs Mother And Son With Suspected Cocaine Load |
| January 21 | Three-Day Weekend Becomes "Weed-In" For Customs |
| January 17 | Customs Seizes Black Tar Heroin At Border |
| January 14 | Customs Inspectors Seize Cocaine And Marijuana |
| January 13 | Customs Weekend Marijuana Seizures Total 1,186 Pounds, 24 Arrests |
| January 10 | San Luis Customs Inspectors Begin New Year With Numerous Marijuana Seizures |
| January 3 | Marijuana, Steroids, Roosters And Port Runner Keep Customs Inspectors Busy |
