(KGNS) - Officials announced on Monday, Nov. 2, that a multi-agency federal border initiative led to nearly 100 arrests and significant contraband seizures at South Texas ports of entry over the past two weeks.U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the preliminary results during a news conference at Bridge II in Laredo.

The targeted effort, dubbed Operation Southern Surge, has been underway at several ports of entry across South Texas, targeting drug trafficking, criminal organizations, and related illicit activity.

The interagency initiative brings together CBP, Homeland Security Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Homeland Security Task Force, among other partner agencies."We have worked together, and from the beginning of this operation, October the 19th to now, we have arrested 89 subjects, and we have seized more than $365,000 in U.S. currency and over 3,000...rounds of ammunition," said Adriana Arce, with the Laredo Port of Entry.