US Customs and Border Patrol officers in Chicago seized more than 8K pounds of drugs and $23 million dollars' worth of counterfeit products.
US Customs and Border Patrol officers in Chicago seized more than 8K pounds of drugs and $23 million dollars' worth of counterfeit products.The U.S. Customs and Border Protection port in Chicago has been busy this year. They inspect tens of thousands of packages arriving to the United States every day to ensure that those international deliveries are safe and legit.
And drugs... lots of drugs. On Tuesday morning, K-9 units found 25 grams of cocaine coming from the Netherlands. "When you order something from overseas, you don't know who manufactured it, you don't know how they manufactured it, what particles or chemicals were used to manufacture," Varela said. "Then there's the economic impacts, where the actual legitimate companies producing these items are losing out on revenue, employees who work for those companies are losing out on pay.
"Counterfeit goods hurt the economy, counterfeit medicine can hurt your family, counterfeit toys are going to hurt your child," Evelyn said.
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