US officials in Louisville city seize over 2,000 pounds of drugs

New York: The law enforcement officers in the US city of Louisville seized nearly 300 shipments containing over 2,000 pounds of illicit drugs that arrived from many countries, including India, in January, according to an official statement.

The statement issued by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday said the officers seized a total of 2,079 pounds (943 kgs) of illicit drugs from 282 shipments in Louisville in the US state of Kentucky. “CBP officers seized 282 shipments in January that contained various drugs. The narcotics arrived from India, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Mexico and Canada,” it said. The agency said it seized 1,113 pounds of Marijuana, 300 pounds of Methamphetamine, 179 pounds of drug precursors, 137 pounds of Khat, 108 pounds of scheduled narcotics, 103 pounds of cocaine, 75 pounds of Ketamine, and 64 pounds of steroids. When contacted by PTI for more details on the narcotics that arrived from India, a US Customs and Border Protection Public Affairs official from the Chicago Field Office said he did not have a breakdown of the narcotics that had come from India.

The official added that the seizures occurred at the Express Consignment facility in Louisville, which is a mail facility. These packages were seized as they were transiting through the mail facility. (PTI)