Border patrol seizes more than $260K in fake heaters in International Falls
The 780 infrared zone heaters were found in a rail car bound for Ranier, Minnesota.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in International Falls on Friday seized more than 700 counterfeit heaters from a rail container bound for Ranier.
According to the CBP, officers at the International Falls Port of Entry targeted the rail container and discovered infrared zone heaters that were in violation of intellectual property rights regulations.
The 780 heaters had an estimated retail price of $261,060 if they had been real.
“CBP is focused on identifying and intercepting counterfeit merchandise and products. The enforcement of trade laws at U.S. ports of entry remains a high priority for us,” International Falls Port Director Anthony Jackson said in a statement. “Counterfeiting adversely affects the ability of lawful copyright holders to profit from their original ideas. Counterfeit
Harmful grass fly larvae found in shipment to International Falls
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials safeguarded the shipment until the threat could be mitigated.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials found harmful fly larvae in a shipment to Minnesota as part of 171 emergency notifications it issued in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Emergency notifications are meant to prevent plant pests, prohibited plant products and animal products capable of introducing foreign disease from entering the country.
According to a Tuesday announcement, Customers and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists found grass fly larvae in a shipment of potted plants from China in International Falls. The grass fly feeds on secretions around the eyes and nose of animals and humans and can cause bacterial infections.
Man wanted for sex assault of a child arrested at Colombia Solidarity Bridge
Jan. 15, 2021
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A man wanted for sexually assaulting a child in Dallas has been arrested at the Colombia Solidarity International Bridge, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Arturo Vasquez Tovar, 22, arrived on Jan. 12 at the Colombia Solidarity International Bridge. A CBP officer processing vehicle traffic referred Vasquez Tovar, a U.S. citizen, to secondary inspection.
Biometric verification through law enforcement databases confirmed that he had an outstanding warrant for sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony, out of the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office in Dallas.
14 Jan 2021
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Wednesday that it would not allow any cotton or tomato products from Xinjiang, China’s westernmost province, into the country due to the high likelihood that they were produced by slave labor.
Xinjiang is the homeland of the nation’s Muslim-majority Uyghur ethnic group, which has faced severe repression by the Chinese Communist Party for decades, culminating in the construction of over 1,000 concentration camps to house members of the group. Survivors of the camps which at their peak populations were believed to have imprisoned as many as 3 million people say that Communist Party officials force Uyghurs and other ethnic minority people to endure indoctrination, torture, forced sterilization, forced abortions, rape, and slavery at those camps.