CBP Announces FY06 Enforcement Actions at California’s Land Border

San Diego— U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting security operations at California’s land border ports of entry performed over 83 million inspections of people, seized almost 213,000 pounds of illegal narcotics and apprehended over 67,500 immigration violators during federal fiscal year 2006, officials announced today.

The CBP San Diego field office manages the work of over 1,300 front-line federal officers at border stations at San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate, Calexico, Andrade and the San Diego air and sea ports of entry.

Of the total enforcement actions, CBP officers at passenger ports in San Diego and Imperial counties inspected almost 69 million people in 34.5 million passenger cars and 14.5 million pedestrians during the fiscal year, which ended September 30. During these examinations, officers seized 193,733 pounds of narcotics, an increase of over two percent from the previous year when 189,183 pounds were confiscated.