CBP Finds Heroin Concealed in Packages of Imported Lace from India
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that on August 23, 2011, CBP officers examined a shipment manifested as "cloth lace" arriving from India that contained hidden packages of heroin. An examination of the carton revealed 15 cloth lace packages,…
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12 of which were wrapped around cardboard inside plastic bags containing Heroin. A total of 329 grams (11.6 ounces) of heroin was seized, with a street value of approximately $33,000 dollars.