CBP Again Catches Wood Pests in Steel Shipment
CBP agriculture specialists at Brownsville intercepted live wood-boring insects on two shipments of stainless steel sheets transported on solid wood packaging materials, CBP said. The insects, quarantine-significant bark beetles of the Scolytidae family, were collected Dec. 27 from wooden pallets used in the transport of stainless steel sheets being imported into the U.S. from Mexico. As a result, the shipment was sent back to Mexico. CBP said its specialists in Brownsville have discovered such pests multiple times in shipments from various importers, and importers who have made multiple attempts to enter with violative wood materials have been penalized.
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Other recent CBP seizures include:
- Several courier packages seized at the Hernandez International Airport containing 11 gold bars arriving from Curacao, Netherlands Antilles (here).
- A load of alleged methamphetamine and cocaine valued at about $921,500, hidden within a Ford F-150, at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge (here).
- Heroin valued at about $3,090,000 allegedly being smuggled into the country at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge by a man driving a Ford F-250 (here).
- $156.676 bulk U.S. currency hidden within a Nissan Xterra at the Hidalgo Bridge (here).
- 230 pounds of cheese at the Santa Teresa port of entry, confiscated when the quantity was deemed a commercially sized import (here).