Courier package of fentanyl sent from Canada to U.S. seized by border agents in Seattle

[shockedcanadian]

Appears we still have a few looking to poison Americans.

Don't worry, the S.I.C are on duty and will stop it before it gets over the, errs...oops, next time for sure! Probably sent from Toronto if I were to wager...

Courier package of fentanyl sent from Canada to U.S. seized by border agents in Seattle

The seizure comes as U.S. President Donald Trump uses allegations of fentanyl trafficking from Canada into the U.S. to argue in favour of 25-per-cent tariffs

www.theglobeandmail.com

A package containing about a pound of fentanyl sent by courier from Canada to a person in the United States has been seized by customs officers after they opened it en route in Seattle, U.S. officials said.

A spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection said plastic bags containing brown rocks, which when tested were found to contain the deadly synthetic opioid, were discovered on Feb. 6 by U.S. officers at a facility where courier packages are processed.
Spokesperson Jason Givens said the fentanyl, sent from an individual in Canada to someone in the U.S., was found at a Seattle facility that processes parcels sent by international courier companies.

The U.S. border agency did not provide details of where the drugs originated or their destination, or about any arrests.
The seizure comes as U.S. President Donald Trump uses allegations that fentanyl is trafficked from Canada into the U.S. to argue in favour of 25-per-cent tariffs on Canadian goods, which he has paused until at least March 4.

 

[Moonglow]

Fentanyl overdoses tragically caused tens of thousands of preventable deaths last year. Many politicians who want to end U.S. asylum law claim that immigrants crossing the border illegally are responsible. An NPR-Ipsos poll last week found that 39 percent of Americans and 60 percent of Republicans believe, “Most of the fentanyl entering the U.S. is smuggled in by unauthorized migrants crossing the border illegally.” A more accurate summary is that fentanyl is overwhelmingly smuggled by U.S. citizens almost entirely for U.S. citizen consumers.

Here are facts:

• Fentanyl smuggling is ultimately funded by U.S. consumers who pay for illicit opioids: nearly 99 percent of whom are U.S. citizens.
• In 2021, U.S. citizens were 86.3 percent of convicted fentanyl drug traffickers—ten times greater than convictions of illegal immigrants for the same offense.
• Over 90 percent of fentanyl seizures occur at legal crossing points or interior vehicle checkpoints, not on illegal migration routes, so U.S. citizens (who are subject to less scrutiny) when crossing legally are the best smugglers.
• The location of smuggling makes sense because hard drugs at ports of entry are about 97 percent less likely to be stopped than are people crossing illegally between them.
• Just 0.02 percent of the people arrested by Border Patrol for crossing illegally possessed any fentanyl whatsoever.
• The government exacerbated the problem by banning most legal cross border traffic in 2020 and 2021, accelerating a switch to fentanyl (the easiest-to-conceal drug).
• During the travel restrictions, fentanyl seizures at ports quadrupled from fiscal year 2019 to 2021. Fentanyl went from a third of combined heroin and fentanyl seizures to over 90 percent.
• Annual deaths from fentanyl nearly doubled from 2019 to 2021 after the government banned most travel (and asylum).
• https://www.cato.org/blog/fentanyl-smuggled-us-citizens-us-citizens-not-asylum-seekers

 

[MarathonMike]

Fentanyl overdoses tragically caused tens of thousands of preventable deaths last year. Many politicians who want to end U.S. asylum law claim that immigrants crossing the border illegally are responsible. An NPR-Ipsos poll last week found that 39 percent of Americans and 60 percent of Republicans believe, “Most of the fentanyl entering the U.S. is smuggled in by unauthorized migrants crossing the border illegally.” A more accurate summary is that fentanyl is overwhelmingly smuggled by U.S. citizens almost entirely for U.S. citizen consumers.

Here are facts:

• Fentanyl smuggling is ultimately funded by U.S. consumers who pay for illicit opioids: nearly 99 percent of whom are U.S. citizens.
• In 2021, U.S. citizens were 86.3 percent of convicted fentanyl drug traffickers—ten times greater than convictions of illegal immigrants for the same offense.
• Over 90 percent of fentanyl seizures occur at legal crossing points or interior vehicle checkpoints, not on illegal migration routes, so U.S. citizens (who are subject to less scrutiny) when crossing legally are the best smugglers.
• The location of smuggling makes sense because hard drugs at ports of entry are about 97 percent less likely to be stopped than are people crossing illegally between them.
• Just 0.02 percent of the people arrested by Border Patrol for crossing illegally possessed any fentanyl whatsoever.
• The government exacerbated the problem by banning most legal cross border traffic in 2020 and 2021, accelerating a switch to fentanyl (the easiest-to-conceal drug).
• During the travel restrictions, fentanyl seizures at ports quadrupled from fiscal year 2019 to 2021. Fentanyl went from a third of combined heroin and fentanyl seizures to over 90 percent.
• Annual deaths from fentanyl nearly doubled from 2019 to 2021 after the government banned most travel (and asylum).
• https://www.cato.org/blog/fentanyl-smuggled-us-citizens-us-citizens-not-asylum-seekers

You are a liar. If you are an American, you are a disgrace to cover for the Cartels and blame American citizens.

 

[Moonglow]

You are a liar. If you are an American, you are a disgrace to cover for the Cartels and blame American citizens.

The stats speak for themself.