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Louisville — On August 25, a woman’s suit shipped from India made more than a fashion statement with Customs and Border Protection officers working at the UPS Facility in Louisville, Ky. when 568 grams of heroin were found hidden within the shipment.

CBP officers found the drugs after a routine X-ray showed an anomaly within the package. The powered heroin was packed within two plastic bags and tucked in between the fabric of the Indian suit. The shipment originated with an individual in New Delhi, India and was addressed to a consignee in Toronto, Canada. The heroin was valued at over $50,000.

“I give our officers a lot of credit for finding drugs hidden in every conceivable manner at this facility and not letting them through, said Customs and Border Protection Director of Field Operations David Murphy. “This heroin will never make it to a community now thanks to the diligence of CBP.”

CBP Officers process over 40,000 parcels per night at the UPS Facility in Louisville and make a variety of seizures including counterfeit checks, drugs, monetary instruments, fraudulent documents, and intellectual property rights violations. No arrests have been made in relation to this seizure.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.