Baltimore customs officers have recently thwarted an attempt to smuggle a significant quantity of a psychedelic drug into Harford County, marking another substantial drug seizure at one of the nation's critical junctures for international shipments.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, tasked with the vigil of our nation's points of entry, intercepted shipments carrying two loads of Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a psychedelic compound that bears resemblance to LSD in its hallucinogenic effects, on July 18 and July 28. The agents discovered 46 black vacuum-sealed bags containing a combined total of 103 pounds and 10 ounces of the substance, a find with an estimated street value of about $80,000, reported WBALTV.
The DMT seizure in Baltimore ranks as one of the considerable busts for the region, coming in the wake of another larger interdiction in June, where CBP officers curbed a staggering 695-pound shipment of the same substance. "Customs and Border Protection’s border security mission prioritizes intercepting dangerous drugs, such as DMT, at our nation’s ports of entry that could harm U.S. citizens and destroy our communities," stated Jason Kropiewnicki, CBP’s Acting Area Port Director in Baltimore, according to Fox Baltimore.
In related incidents of prohibited drug trafficking at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, CBP agents discovered a combined 819 tablets of prescription pills illegal without a prescription, the details of which saw travelers returning from Colombia and Panama with hundreds of Zopiclone and Alprazolam tablets; no arrests were made, as indicated by WBALTV.
