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Half-Ton of African Khat Seized at U.S. Port of Entry
[BREITBART] U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than a half-ton of Nigerian khat, a Schedule 1 stimulant, from two flights on April 1. Officials said it is the second seizure of the drug in two weeks. One of the shipments represents the second-largest seizure of khat in the port’s history.CBP officials said the seizure of 1,138 pounds of Nigerian khat a week ago was no April Fools Day joke. Dulles Field Office offers inspected two shipments that were listed as tea on the flight manifests at Washington Dulles International Airport. A U.S. Department of Agriculture botanist assisted the officers and identified the leaves as Catha Edulis, commonly known as khat, according to CBP officials.Related: Khat: 2020-02-09 Standoff between Maulana Aziz, officials Khat: 2020-01-01 Kenyan Police Hunting Al-Shabab Militants In Border Region Khat: 2019-11-30 Syrian Kurds support Russian military presence in northeast Syria: Putin Related: Dulles International Airport: 2019-05-07 His son is a gun runner, his brother is a no-flyer. He works for the FBI. Dulles International Airport: 2018-08-26 Biometrics scanner catches impostor at U.S. airport on just third day of use Dulles International Airport: 2017-08-30 Imran Awan Has Still-Active Secret House Account, And It's Tied To An Intelligence Staffer Posted by: Fred 2020-04-10 |
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