Cargo Security

ATLANTA – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Atlanta intercepted nearly 100 pounds of Ketamine Hydrochloride, a dangerous substance often used as a club drug and in sexual assaults. On Tuesday, while inspecting arriving international cargo, officers took a closer look at two shipments arriving from Sweden.

CINCINNATI—Throughout the last two weeks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati seized 78 shipments of unapproved cosmetic treatments such as Botox, Juvéderm, and other fillers. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates injectable cosmetic treatments. Products like these can have unknown ingredients that may potentially cause harm to the consumer.

LOUISVILLE, KY— May 8 was a busy night for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville. CBP officers in Louisville seized three shipments containing various luxury items. From handbags, to jewelry, to Rolex watches, all were deemed to be inauthentic and bearing counterfeit marks, by CBP’s Centers of Excellence and Expertise, the agency’s trade experts.

PONCE, Puerto Rico— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers apprehended three stowaway men from the Dominican Republic Monday who jumped to the water from a barge arriving to Guayanilla, Puerto Rico from Lake Charles, Louisiana. 

“Incidents like these are a clear indication of the great lengths and personal risks people are willing to take to illegally enter the United States,” said Julio Chacon, CBP’s Port Director of the Ponce Port.  

STERLING, Va. – It might have been a micro stereo, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers clearly didn’t like the loud sound they heard emanating from it recently at Washington Dulles International Airport.

PHILADELPHIA – One week after seizing 72 pounds of marijuana from an Ireland-bound man, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia intercepted an eight-pound marijuana load destined to Bermuda.

PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized over 12 pounds of cocaine on a flight from Jamaica on Thursday at Philadelphia International Airport.

DETROIT — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Port of Detroit intercepted 3,175 pounds of marijuana at the Fort Street Cargo Facility, April 20.

BALTIMORE – For decades, consumers have been bombarded with products pitching weight loss that failed to work as promised, or worse, that presented health complications to consumers. Now, social media and the internet marketplace is fostering a trend reversal and pitching supplements to help consumers bulk up to a more-curvy appearance. That too may prove to cause severe health consequences, and so U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are stepping in to protect U.S. consumers.