Smugglers' Blues
April, 2005
The border patrol has seen it all, so couriers and aliens have to be creative. the agency shares its greatest hitsLast year U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 56,321 shipments of illegal drugs (mostly marijuana and khat), arrested 1.2 million illegal aliens and confiscated $45.9 million in cash. As inspectors get better at detecting contraband, smugglers get more sophisticated about concealing it. One courier implanted drugs in his thigh, another stashed them inside a dog's belly...
