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18 pounds of opium found in rattan stools shipped to LAX
    #13434646 - 11/04/10 03:35 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_16522199?source=rss_viewed

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found roughly 18 pounds of opium inside rattan furniture that was shipped to a Los Angeles International Airport cargo facility, the agency said Thursday.

The opium was detected in what was described as a shipment of rocking chairs arriving Oct. 29 from Thailand. But the freight actually consisted of 22 small rattan stools that revealed anomalies when X-rayed, Border Protection officials said.

"We use an intelligence-based strategy, and we don't necessarily believe what's on the manifest," said Jaime Ruiz, a Customs and Border Protection spokesman.

The agency said one chair contained 8 packages of opium that together weighed 14.7 pounds.

And opium was extracted in the upper rims of the remaining stools, for a combined total weight of 18.4 pounds.

The value was estimated to be $108,680.

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