Customs and Border Patrol officers in Philadelphia found over 10k Xanax pills after noticing 'unusually heavy' spools of yarn inside a shipment from the Netherlands.
Customs and Border Patrol officers in Philadelphia found over 10k Xanax pills after noticing "unusually heavy" spools of yarn inside a shipment from the Netherlands.Officers were alerted in late-April about incoming cargo after experts at the Baltimore Field Office "suspected something maybe amiss with the shipment.
The shipment, according to agents, was destined for an address in Brooklyn and had an estimated street value of about $30,000. Alprazolam, commonly known as Xanax, is a controlled substance and a commonly prescribed psychotropic medication to manage panic and anxiety disorders.Alprazolam is misused as a recreational drug, and when combined with other substances, such as alcohol, can slow breathing and possibly lead to death, experts said.
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