NEW YORK: Customs and Border Protection apprehended two individuals during two separate enforcement actions over the holiday weekend.On December 23rd, CBP officers apprehended a man who was wanted for indecency with a child.
According to CBP, officers encountered a 51-year-old U.S. citizen who was driving a commercial bus.
CBP referred the man to secondary inspection and ran the man’s information through the CBP database.
Officers discovered the man was the subject of a National Crime Information Center and had a warrant for indecency with a child.
The second apprehension happened on December 22nd at the Lincoln Juarez Bridge when officers referred a 24-year-old woman from Brazil to secondary inspection.
CBP officers say the woman attempted to apply for entry into the U.S. and presented an Italian passport.
When agents inspected the woman’s documents they found out she had a fraudulent passport.
Both individuals were processed and detained pending further proceedings.
