News / US Customs steps up battle against drug gangs using mail and express services

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Organised crime gangs are using mail and express parcel carriers to sneak smaller quantities of illegal drugs into the US, it has been revealed.

In January, the US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) agency went after the underbelly of illegal e-commerce in a five-day sting with partner agencies at JFK Airport.

They targeted and intercepted parcels entering the US by air, focusing on express mail from Hong Kong and China, an operation that yielded 2.4kg of fentanyl and other illicit substances.

More than 1,300 of the shipments ...