U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it seized a shipment containing 42,390 'pieces of drug paraphernalia' at a border crossing between Ontario and Minnesota.
TORONTO -- Another large shipment of illicit items has been halted and seized at a border crossing between Ontario and Minnesota.Thursday that 42,390 "pieces of drug paraphernalia" were picked up on Jan. 10.
The bongs and other items were allegedly found inside a rail container that was crossing from Fort Frances, Ont. to International Falls, Minn. while en route to Ranier, Minn. – a city with 145 residents.Another rail container stopped at the same crossing last November allegedly contained
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