U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials report fentanyl smugglers are significantly increasing their use of the U.S. Postal Service and other express consignment carriers to bring the deadly drugs into the United States.
In response to an inquiry from Breitbart Texas, CBP officials said the shipment of fentanyl into the U.S. by smugglers via the U.S. mail and other common express consignment carriers like FedEx, UPS, and DHL is increasing at an alarming level. During the last fiscal year, which ended on September 30, 2022, CBP officers seized more than 500 pounds of fentanyl in carrier facilities.
During FY22, CBP officers seized 475.48 pounds of fentanyl in express carrier operations hubs. This is up from 162.97 pounds of fentanyl in FY 2020, according to data supplied by CBP officials. This represents an increase of nearly 192 percent. In FY21, officers seized 405.02 pounds — an increase of 148 percent over FY 2020. During the first four months of FY23, officers seized an additional 77.97 pounds of fentanyl, CBP reported.
In the eight major USPS international mail branches, officials report seizing 30.88 pounds of fentanyl in FY22. This is up from 23.94 pounds in FY21 and 24.68 pounds in FY 2020. So far this year, officers seized another 18.52 pounds of fentanyl in U.S. international mail facilities. CBP officers use a wide variety of resources to locate and interdict these potentially deadly shipments. Those include intelligence tips, K-9 searches of facilities and packages, and non-intrusive x-ray systems.
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