In Baltimore, agents from the United States Customs and Border Protection found marijuana hidden in a cargo that was disguised as men’s dungarees. The marijuana was worth $875,000 and was seized by the authorities.
According to a press release issued by the Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP), on April 29, officers discovered more than 200 pounds of the psychoactive narcotic packed within 155 vacuum-sealed containers.
The parcels that contained the drugs were being transported to Belgium by air freight and were labelled as ‘brace dungarees for men / high duty workwear bib’.
According to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the marijuana, which has a street value of approximately $875,000 in the United States, might have a value that is about two to three times that amount in Europe, depending on how potent it is.
The United States Customs and Border Protection agents mentioned in the release that there is a persistent pattern of transnational criminal organisations attempting to move marijuana from the United States to Europe and Africa, where “high-quality weed can fetch huge profits.”
“Smugglers, including transnational criminal organisations, based in oversaturated marijuana markets, attempt to generate revenue by illegally exporting bulk shipments to markets across the globe,” said Jason Kropiewnicki, the acting area port director for the Area Port of Baltimore for the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
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According to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP), special agents from the Homeland Security Investigation’s Border Enforcement Security Task Force are conducting an investigation into the incident.
As per the statement, Customs and Border Protection personnel were able to confiscate an average of 1,571 pounds of drugs at various ports of entry across the United States on a daily basis over the previous year.
