They use drug-sniffing dogs, X-rays and hand-held laser detectors to examine every piece of mail that goes through the international mail facility, where 60 percent of the nation’s postage arrives. TRUMP OFFICIALLY DECLARES OPIOID CRISIS A NATIONAL EMERGENCYRelated Image Expand / CollapseTheir focus, right now, is on opioids. 1 drug killing Americans is fentanyl,” said Richard Baum, acting White House drug czar said, “coming through mail in lots of small packages." More than 100,000 pounds of narcotics are seized each year at JFK’s international mail facility, once a substance like fentanyl is identified. Related Image Expand / CollapseWhile legislation demanding more data has been introduced, Baum and the CBP continue to work with their peers overseas to find those trying to cheat the system.

Source: Fox News September 15, 2017 19:52 UTC