Chicago, IL
Skulls, live moss bathmats among restricted items seized at O’Hare, CBP officials say
Hitch helps agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Safety detect shipments containing objects that may hurt the surroundings and introduce illness and bugs to the U.S.
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CBP officers mentioned Hitch helped discover three reside moss bathmats shipped from Poland, which have been later destroyed. Brokers additionally recovered six skulls from the Netherlands that have been turned over to the CDC.
Greater than 1,600 shipments have been intercepted at O’Hare’s worldwide mail facility prior to now six months.
Officers mentioned the commonest objects seized on the airport are pork and beef sausages, vegetation, plant supplies, seeds for planting, and reside snails.
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