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  • How Dulles officers near Sterling spotted meth hidden as a marble vase

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📰 News we're reading

• Meth Hidden In A 'Marble Vase' Package Intercepted At Dulles, CBP Says (patch.com) — Customs officers based at Dulles, just outside Sterling, intercepted a package labeled as a marble vase that actually contained more than four pounds of methamphetamine. The shipment, sent from Utah and headed to Paris, was seized in July as part of CBP's ongoing efforts to stop narcotics moving through local ports of entry.
   

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