CBP seized more than $30,000,000 worth of meth hidden in a truck hauling onions
By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski / itrucker.com PHARR, Texas—”U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( U.S. CBP ), Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted a huge amount of alleged methamphetamine valued at $30,556,000 that was being smuggled in a commercial tractor/trailer hauling fresh onions from Mexico. “This is certainly a substantial amount […]
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FMCSA to request safety data on last-mile delivery vans
Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent @ FreightWaves.com The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will be taking a long look at last-mile delivery trucks’ involvement in crashes, given trends revealing a jump in the use of such vehicles in interstate commerce. Commenting on those plans following a presentation on small-truck crashes during the […]
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Truckers assist Utah Highway Patrol to make an arrest in this dramatic video
Story by: Noi Mahoney at FreightWaves.com Several truckers recently lent a helping hand to a Utah Highway Patrol officer making an arrest along a busy interstate highway. Hats off to these drivers helping a lone officer Gepostet von Devon Rogers am Samstag, 11. Juli 2020 Utah Highway Patrol Cpl. Colton Freckleton said the […]
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Teens arrested by CBP in an attempt to smuggle 23 immigrants in semi-truck
Story by: CBP.GOV / iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski / itrucker.com TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two U.S. citizens and 23 illegal aliens border crossers near Douglas, Arizona, Wednesday Around 10 p.m., Tucson Sector agents conducted an immigration-related traffic stop on a semitractor-trailer near mile marker 371 on state Route 80. Agents arrested 22 Mexican nationals and one […]
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Feds arrest murder suspect enrolled in C.R. England’s trucking school
Story by: Clarissa Hawes @ FreightWaves.com Federal agents from the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (VFAST) recently arrested a Georgia man, wanted for murder in another state, who recently enrolled in C.R. England’s West Valley City, Utah, truck driving school. VFAST agents arrested Khalid Mahamed Hirmoge, 29, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, on July […]
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Trucking company filed for bankruptcy citing soaring insurance rates, fatal crash
Story by: Clarissa Hawes @ FreightWaves.com Deluxe Express Inc. of Plainfield, Illinois, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, citing soaring insurance rates after one of its drivers was involved in a fatal crash on Interstate 80 near Laramie, Wyoming, in March 2019. Deluxe Express and another motor carrier have been named in […]
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FMCSA weighing freight broker bond enforcement action
Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent @ FreightWaves.com Federal regulators (FMCSA) is considering whether to begin a formal rulemaking process to enforce the immediate shutdown of freight brokers that fail to pay motor carrier claims. The comment period for an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), known as “Broker Trust Funds and Surety Bonds,” […]
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Industrial Augmented Reality Company Librestream Raises $24 Million to Expand
Story by: Vishnu Rajamanickam @ FreightWaves Canadian augmented reality worker enterprise company Librestream announced that it has raised $24 million in Series D investment, taking its total financing to over $55 million. Canadian Business Growth Fund (CBGF) led the investment round, which saw participation from new investors Export Development Canada (EDC) and Pender Technology Inflection […]
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CBP seizes over 400 pounds of marijuana hidden in the trash hauling truck
By: Mario Pawlowski / iTrucker DETROIT – “CBP Officers working cargo operations at the Fort Street Cargo Facility discovered 418 pounds of marijuana in a trash hauler driven by a Canadian citizen. The truck was x-rayed and searched. During the inspection, 15 large trash bags of drugs were discovered hidden in the rear of the hauler. […]
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