Half-way through the week! Here is your morning minute: ⏱️ -Shelter alert lifted; Mexico still at level two advisory. -Border Patrol busts alleged stash house in Horizon City. -El Paso ranks third in U.S. trade, boosting border jobs. | KFOX-TV

Bikies and drug-smugglers will be banned from working at Australia's airports and docks, under new federal laws introduced into the Parliament today. The Home Affairs Minister has revealed almost 300 passholders at our airports have links to organised crime. www.7NEWS.com.au #7NEWS | 7NEWS Brisbane

Even during a pandemic, smuggling never stops. After adjusting tactics in the early days of the COVID crisis to meet the increasing flow of narcotics coming across our southern land borders, the Department of Homeland Security is now pivoting back to our nation’s airports where international travel is starting to rev back up again. Whether narco-traffickers try to slip through an airport, seaport or land crossing, vigilant officers are on high-alert to stem the flow of illegal contraband. Using

Smugglers are revisiting old routes to get to the U.S. as security at the southern border tightens, leading Customs and Border Protection to sometimes take drastic measures to stop them. More: https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/border-agents-smugglers-sea-shootout/ | NewsNation

Smugglers caught trying to hand off evidence 😱 | Border Security

These three drug smugglers were captured at sea using their cocaine to stay afloat | NowThis