Methamphetamine

Drivers getting caught in FMCSA’s drug clearinghouse net

The increasing number of full queries made into the federal Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse is evidence that the database is taking drug abusers off the road as intended, according to a trucking regulatory expert.

According to the latest monthly statistics released Monday by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, full queries into the clearinghouse increased 33% to 13,785 between October and November, which followed a 61% increase between September and October. Full queries are conducted...

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Texas border agents seize $12M in drugs from tractor-trailers

In two recent incidents, border agents in South Texas uncovered attempts to use commercial trucks to move methamphetamine and marijuana across the United States-Mexico border.

The first occurred Friday at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers were inspecting a tractor-trailer hauling a commercial shipment of fresh broccoli from Mexico. CBP discovered 330 packages of alleged methamphetamine weighing 581 pounds hidden inside the trailer’s floor. 

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CBP seizes $60M in Texas meth busts

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently seized more than 3,038 pounds of methamphetamine in two separate, unrelated cases in South Texas.

Both cases involved tractor-trailers attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border at the Laredo port of entry.

The first case occurred Oct. 27 at the port’s Colombia-Solidarity Bridge. CBP officers found 618 packages containing 1,988 pounds of alleged meth inside an empty tractor-trailer from Mexico. The narcotics have an estimated street value of $39.8...

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Border officers seize $29M in meth in shipments from Mexico

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently seized methamphetamine worth more than $29 million in separate incidents at the World Trade Bridge, authorities said.

The first case occurred Aug. 14 when a tractor-trailer from Mexico carrying an industrial mixing machine arrived at the bridge’s cargo facility. CBP found 1,211 pounds of meth in the shipment, worth an estimated $24.2 million.

The second incident occurred Aug. 17, when officers inspected a shipment of industrial machinery....

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Marijuana, cocaine top drug clearinghouse violations

Marijuana is by far the drug of choice among drivers testing positive for controlled substances, according to data compiled by the federal Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.

In the first detailed summary report of the clearinghouse, released on June 10 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), data shows that the 10,388 driver drug tests that tested positive for marijuana accounted for almost half of the 21,156 total positive tests submitted to the clearinghouse as of June 1. The...

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