India, April 11 -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Chicago intercepted 71 shipments containing dangerous chemicals during an operation involving five Ports of Entry and two international airports within a week last month.
During this operation, carried out between March 16 and 22, officers from the Office of Field Operations, or OFO, were focused on identifying and intercepting precursor chemical shipments arriving in the Mail, Express Consignment, and Air Cargo environments.
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OFO had identified a significant increase of precursor chemical seizures over the last six months. The interception of precursor chemicals have significantly increase...