CBP Thwarts Four-Vehicle Border Rush in Maine, Apprehends 20 Romanians — Including Two Involved in Organized Crime
Border Patrol thwarted four vehicles working in coordination to rush the border between the US and Canada in Maine on Tuesday.
Agents apprehended 20 Romanian nationals from inside the vehicles, two of whom are involved in Transnational Criminal Organized Crime.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a press release that the incident occurred at the international boundary from Canada on Lincoln Road in Hodgdon at approximately 6:10 a.m.
Agents stopped the vehicles using “emergency equipment,” but the press release did not elaborate on what that was.
“This incident is indicative of an overall rise in apprehensions witnessed here in Houlton Sector,” said Acting Patrol Agent in Charge Dennis Harmon. “In the last three Octobers,
