In fiscal year 1998, area Customs officers seized 2,663 pounds of cocaine. To put this further into perspective, just three years ago in fiscal year 1996, area Customs officers seized 106,058 pounds of marijuana and 4,182 pounds of cocaine. The Customs Service employs a wide variety of technological tools in its efforts to stop drug smugglers. Every year, area Customs officers make numerous anti-drug presentations to thousands of area schoolchildren. Uniformed Customs officers provide lectures on the Customs mission and drug sniffing dogs are utilized in anti-drug presentations.
Presentations occur continually.
Please call for immediate schedule of outreach events.