You wool not believe the twist in this yarn – CBP
What started as a routine Customs and Border Protection examination of a shipment of yarn from India ended in the seizure of nearly 70,000 Zolpidem Tartrate pills on 16 January. Officers initially examined the shipment, consisting of 96 rolls of black yarn spooled around pink tubes, at an air cargo warehouse near Washington Dulles airport on 17 December. The shipment was destined for Buena Park CA.
CBP officers unspooled the black yarn of one tube and discovered multiple ten-pill blister packs taped to the pink tube. The officers then checked the remaining 95 yarn spools and discovered that they also concealed similar packs of pills. They were labeled Zolpidem Tartrate, commonly known as Ambien. Zolpidem belongs to a class of medications called sedative-hypnotics and is prescribed by doctors to treat insomnia. (cj)