CBP on look out for counterfeits, drugs during holiday season

CBP on look out for counterfeits, drugs during holiday season Customs and Border Protection inspectors in Atlanta confiscated a large shipment of counterfeit Louis Vuitton handbags worth more than $4 million at retail prices and $478,000 at street value, said the agency last week.
   Stepped up enforcement of intellectual property crimes has resulted in a string of seizures for branded products since the summer.
   For the second time in a week, the agency announced it intercepted opium being smuggled through the UPS main sort center at Louisville International Airport in Kentucky. Officers stationed at the package hub discovered seven pounds of opium hidden in four picture frames. A review of the shipping documents prompted an X-ray exam of the shipment and led to the discovery of the drugs.
   As previously reported, inspectors seized more than six kilograms of opium concealed in attach'-style bags at the UPS facility on Dec. 13.