The list of things customs look for while checking the incoming packages.

[Jvancouver]

Does anyone know an actual figure of the amount of packages that get confiscated every year?

[thor420]

Does anyone know an actual figure of the amount of packages that get confiscated every year?

It has to be less than .5-.1% County of origin is a big factor too but If you have a good shipper and conceals it well, There is just too much mail to check. Some hotspots have higher confiscation rates. That is why it is best to have multiple reliable sources from as many different places as you can. Always plan ahead, when the mail is moving stock up.

[teddy1998]

bio:
Interesting information, thanks for posting. I do, however, get the feeling that most of the screening criteria are geared toward intercepting the higher schedules, don't you?
Raven

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Also, the day they put sniffer dogs trained to detect benzos on the job at each hub, we are all finished!
Anyone ever see the Mythbusters "Hair of the Dog" episode?

Raven

Yes.  That or large shipments.  500 of something vs. 10000 of something may be the difference between actually receiving the shipment or

having LE knock on the door.

I don't know what people here receive but with all the mail usa (or any country) receives there just isn't enough resources/time, etc. to go

after people who are purchasing ben*os via internet.

Customs has opened my packs a couple of times and then taped/stapled the package back and still sent me my shipment.

[Jvancouver]

Does anyone know an actual figure of the amount of packages that get confiscated every year?

It has to be less than .5-.1% County of origin is a big factor too but  If you have a good shipper and conceals it well, There is just too much mail to check. Some hotspots have higher confiscation rates. That is why it is best to have multiple reliable sources from as many different places as you can. Always plan ahead, when the mail is moving stock up.

Thanks for you input and advice.

[barq2]

I've had things taped back up and sent through that technically should have been stopped. Maybe it depends on the individual customs worker. Get the impression they are busy and presumably far more interested in drugs than medicine (by which I mean coke or H, rather than someone's sleeping pills). I bet they have loads of paperwork if they find something, and there must be times when they decide it just isn't worth it. I'd like to think some of them are compassionate enough to realise people are in pain, or lack medical insurance, and that this is not recreational.

[btodd9]

This is a really great list although I've been using online pharmacies periodically for years and have had some SUPER JANKY packages and never gotten a love letter or anything lol.

Like straight up rattling etc, extremely suspect return addresses... you name it!

[Themilkman]

A lot of medication is unmarked as well, it must cost the government a ton of money to test the medication once opened? What would a custom agent do with unmarked med's?

[Charon]

I have heard that the medicines written up in Letters of Interdiction only include one med. And, they often get that one med wrong.

If you watch a customs and border patrol series, They seemingly use the dogs, xray, then, if and when they open a package, the substance is put in a glass jar. If it turns one color, it is XX. If it turns another color it is XXX.

So, they may be investing in manpower more than the chemical screening process and its accuracy, unless a full blown prosecution is planned.

[Themilkman]

I have unfortunately had the pleasure of seeing an LL in person, and you are absolutely right. They only had one of the three med's listed. The first one was probably xxx so they did not even list the other 2. I kind of brain farted and came at this whole idea from an angle of my government being logical with their spending habits and use of resources. Thank you both Charon and FirePlaces for the reply's.

[EL085]

Wow! Pretty detailed list. How common is it for people to get packages seized? What happens and do they contact you when they do?