Customs And Border Protection
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Opium found inside shampoo, lotion bottles at Dulles
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A California man was arrested last Friday after customs officers say they found opium in his shampoo and lotion bottles.
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David Gerald arrested for punshing Customs officer in the face, officials say
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An Alexandria man was arrested Sunday at Washington Dulles International Airport after officials say he punched a Customs officer in the face during an inspection.
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Dulles khat seizure: Customs seizes 214 pounds of khat at Dulles Airport
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Customs agents at Washington Dulles International Airport made their largest seizure of khat in more than two years last week, intercepting more than 200 pounds of the Middle Eastern drug.
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Dulles bust: Cocaine seized for fourth time in September
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This is the third consecutive weekend cocaine was seized at Dulles.
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Customs investigates use of government chopper in dance invitation
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As part of an invitation to a fall dance, a student there arranged for a Customs pilot to fly over the school and drop a stuffed teddy bear onto the football field.
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Cocaine chocolate bars discovered at Dulles Airport
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The drug smugglers who continue to try to send narcotics through Dulles Airport continue to get more creative. On Sunday, Customs officials discovered cocaine stashed inside chocolate bars.
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Dulles heroin bust: Woman ingested nearly five pounds of heroin pellets, authorities say
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It took 52-year-old Bola Adebisi, who arrived at Dulles Airport from Nigeria on March 14, nearly three days to pass 180 pellets of heroin - just under five pounds - that she had swallowed, Customs officials say.
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Dulles drug smuggling: Michael Ayodele allegedly caught with nearly two pounds of heroin
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Another person has been caught allegedly trying to smuggle drugs through Washington Dulles International Airport, just two weeks after another man was caught carrying heroin on a flight from Ghana to Washington, customs officials say.
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Rice destined for Fairfax rejected due to beetle infection
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Customs officials in Baltimore intercepted a shipment of rice from Pakistan that was tainted with dead beetles, just days before new federal restrictions on imports will be enacted.
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Customs: Don't bring meat, palm hats as travel souvenir
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During the summer travel season, globe-trotting passengers come home with all kinds of souvenirs. Some of them never make it through customs.
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Passenger brings 88 pounds of sheep meat through Dulles
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Authorities at Dulles International Airport made an odd discovery among a passenger’s luggage: 15 bags of cooked sheep meat totaling 88 pounds.
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