Ecstasy Seized By Customs Officials At Dulles Airport

DULLES, VA — Officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized the drug ecstasy and an encapsulating machine from two packages last week at Washington Dulles International Airport, according to a CBP release.

Customs officers seized the encapsulating machine on Saturday, March 7, in a special delivery parcel from China. The package was heading to an address in Riverside, California. Encapsulating machines, which must be permitted to be imported to the U.S., are used to compress pharmaceuticals or other materials into capsules. The package originally arrived on Friday, Feb. 28.

Customs officers seized 29 grams of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, on Sunday, March 8. Originating in the United Kingdom, the parcel was headed for Miami. It arrived at Dulles on Saturday, March 7.

“Customs and Border Protection will continue to examine express delivery parcels and seize dangerous drugs, like this ecstasy, when we encounter it,” said Anne Maricich, CBP’s acting director of field operations, Baltimore Field Office. “CBP officers remain vigilant in our border enforcement and narcotics interdiction missions. This is one way in which CBP contributes to the health and safety of our communities and the American public.”

Every day, customs officials seize an average of 3,707 pounds of dangerous drugs at the border and at U.S. ports of entry.