Cincinnati CBP Intercepts Opium Hidden in Shipment of Gears
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a shipment of opium concealed within plastic gears coming from Turkey. On July 1, 2011, CBP officers at the Cincinnati DHL hub facility examined a shipment invoiced as “yarn machine parts” which contained…
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eight small black plastic gear cylinders. An x-ray image revealed anomalies and further inspection found that the cylinders were filled with a black tar-like substance that tested positive for opium. The shipment weighed more than 13 pounds and was addressed to a location in Canada.