Border agents seize $4 million worth of cocaine in Baltimore

Friday, Aug. 14, 2015 by Times-Mirror Staff|

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations announced today its largest cocaine seizure in Baltimore in more than eight years.

One-hundred and 47 pounds of cocaine were seized at the Port of Baltimore from a shipping container from Brazil. The estimated street value for the confiscated blow is more than $4 million.

According to a news release, CBP officers were conducting a routine inspection of the container using non-intrusive imaging technologies when they detected “anomalies in a commercial shipment of lumber.”

“After opening the container, CBP officers discovered that the anomalies were two gym bags that contained a combined 57 bricks of a white-powdery substance that field-tested positive for cocaine,” the release noted.

Dianna Bowman, CBP area port director for the Port of Baltimore, said in a statement: “Narcotics interdiction remains a top Customs and Border Protection enforcement priority, and this case illustrates how CBP officers leverage non-intrusive imaging technologies to intercept dangerous drugs and to help keep our communities safe.”

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