CBP Finds Cocaine on Ship with Refrigerated Containers of Frozen Food
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that on July 24, 2011, CBP Seaport Operations Team at the Newark/New York Seaport and ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents with the Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) conducted an examination of a…
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ship originating from Ecuador that was ultimately destined for Belgium. CBP Officers discovered that out of 90 refrigerated containers, one held 101 lbs of cocaine, and not frozen foods. The cocaine had an approximate street value of more than $2.2 million.