A U.S. Customs and Border Protection employee from Texas is charged with drunken driving after authorities say he was found passed out and “covered in vomit” in a car in St. Paul.

About 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, a Minnesota State Patrol trooper saw a car pulled over on the right side of the road in front of a No Parking sign in the area of St. Anthony Avenue and Simpson Street, near Allianz Field. The driver, from Corpus Christi, was “slumped over” in the driver’s seat, according to a criminal complaint filed in Ramsey County District Court.

The 31-year-old man, who smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot and watery eyes, failed field sobriety tests and was arrested, the complaint says. He refused to submit a breath sample.

He went before a judge Tuesday on charges of gross misdemeanor third-degree DWI and misdemeanor fourth-degree DWI. He was released without bail pending a March 24 court date. An attorney is not listed in the court file.

In an emailed statement to the Pioneer Press, a BPS spokesperson confirmed the man is an employee with the agency and that an internal review of the incident is underway.

“CBP stresses honor and integrity in every aspect of our mission, and the overwhelming majority of CBP employees and officers perform their duties with honor and distinction, working tirelessly every day to keep our country safe,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson has yet to respond Friday to follow-up questions about the man’s role with the agency and his current employment status.

His arrest comes amid “Operation Metro Surge,” an unprecedented deployment of 3,000 federal immigration enforcement agents from ICE, CBP and other agencies in Twin Cities area.

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