US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) continues to report significant cocaine seizures, while arrests of illegal aliens along the Southern Border continue dropping to historic lows.
Border Patrol Agents at the Sarita Checkpoint on US 77 in South Texas late last month seized $3 million in cocaine that a smuggler tried to drive into the state hidden inside an SUV being transported by a car-carrier:
In California, CBP Officers at the Port of San Ysidro on July 28, 2025, stopped another 487 pounds of cocaine from entering the country that a Mexican Cartel had hidden in a commercial bus’s modified gas tank:
While off Islamorada, Florida, Key Largo CBP Agents recently recovered a load of what the locals call "square grouper" (cocaine bundles) likely tossed overboard by smugglers. Who spotted law enforcement boats or aircraft approaching their position to avoid arrest.
This haul amounted to 50 pounds of cocaine abandoned by cartel crews.
More than likely, this partial load of cocaine was tossed overboard from a "go-fast" like the smuggling boat seen in the photo below, photographed from a CBP P-3 Patrol aircraft somewhere over the Caribbean:
Meanwhile, the Miami CBP Seaport has released photos of 13 Venezuelan detainees intercepted at sea by the Coast Guard while attempting to smuggle 700 Kilos of cocaine. They were transferred to ICE "for removal from the United States."
At the US Southern Border with Mexico, the CBP is also reporting the following July numbers:
1,749 lbs. of Cocaine seized
21,696 lbs. of Meth seized
7.24 lbs. of Fentanyl seized
$1.6M in (Counterfeit) Merchandise seized
$206K in Currency seized
But the biggest headline is the " Lowest Single-Day Apprehensions in History : 88 at the Southwest Border, 116 nationwide on July 20", which is in line with other recent CBP reports.
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Abrazos,
Jack Beavers
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