CHICAGO – Officials say nearly 20,000 pounds of narcotics were seized at ports of entry last year in 12 Midwestern states, including Indiana and Illinois.

More than 15,000 packages were seized at ports of entry. The top narcotics seized were Ecstasy, prescription drugs and marijuana.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced said that from Oct. 1, 2018 to September 30 of this year, its Chicago field office had the most narcotics seizures for the second year in a row of any other field office.

Drugs have been found inside rolls of cheese, stuffed animals, bags of coffee, and tombstones.

 

photo courtesy US Customs and Boarder Patrol – Officers located meth within the gas tank of a smuggling vehicle