Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Baltimore seized more than 10,000 pounds of marijuana concealed in a shipping container that was bound for Liverpool, England, the agency exclusively told The Epoch Times on Thursday.
It was a shockingly large encounter, a CBP official said, and was “reminiscent of the 1980s weed smuggling heyday” when multi-ton shipments were commonplace. Marijuana seizures for the first seven months of this fiscal year now outpace all of last fiscal year by 5,000 pounds.
“Transnational criminal organizations remain teased by high marijuana profits that they expect to earn in Europe,” said Adam Rottman, CBP’s area port director in Baltimore. “CBP officers remain focused on ensuring that they never realize those illicit profits.”…