Source | Guangzhou Daily, Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily
"No. 0 Capsule" hidden in chocolate
A few days ago, Guangzhou Customs seized a new drug commonly known as "No. 0 Capsule" through the postal channel dimethyltryptamine , totaling 1.39 kilogram.
This batch of drugs is disguised as chocolate. The outer packaging and shape are no different from ordinary boxed chocolates. The images obtained by CT machines and X-ray machines are basically the same as ordinary items. The production date, brand and other relevant information are also clearly marked on the packaging box.
However, after careful comparison, customs officers found that each box of chocolates in the same package seemed to have the same specifications, but the actual weight was different. The packaging method of single chocolates in aluminum foil was relatively rough, showing traces of camouflage.
▲The chocolate
component of "Capsule No. 0" was sampled and sent to the laboratory for testing. It was confirmed that the 8 boxes of chocolates in the email were adulterated with the new drug dimethyltryptamine, and the total weight of was 1.39 kilograms.
New drugs have various appearance and forms, and the methods of entrainment are constantly updated. They are small in size, light in weight, and similar in shape to ordinary commodities. Compared with marijuana, methamphetamine, pungent odor, and heroin powder form, etc. , new drugs are more secretive, but they cannot escape the sharp eyes of customs officers.
Cross-border mail-order snacks turned out to be cannabis products
At the beginning of this year, a flight from North America just landed in Guangzhou, and the mail on the plane was immediately transported to the Guangdong Provincial Air Mail Processing Center.
On the morning of that day, while supervising a batch of incoming mail, customs officers from the post office affiliated to Guangzhou Customs discovered that the X-ray machine inspection image of a mail item named "candy and snacks" was abnormal. The image showed that there were only 2 packages in the mail. For small lumpy items packed in bags, the declared price by mail is only over a hundred yuan.
▲The cannabis candies and cannabis biscuits seized by Guangzhou Customs through the inbound mail channel
cost high international shipping costs. It is obviously unreasonable to send such a small amount of candies "traveling thousands of miles".
The on-site customs officers decisively opened and inspected the mail and found that the mail contained 2 bags of candies. The bags contained "fudge candies" of different colors and shapes. They looked the same as normal candies, but there were obvious signs of damage after opening. Traces of repackaging. The customs officers immediately used a drug reagent board to test the "jellybeans", and the result showed a positive reaction for marijuana.
At the same time, the customs also seized a batch of cannabis gummies and other snacks disguised as imported using the same technique, weighing 1,003 grams. In addition, the customs also intercepted a batch of cannabidiol (CBD) capsules, cannabis flowers and other cannabis products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in the mail channel this year.
In recent years, overseas cannabis candies, biscuits, e-cigarettes and other cannabis-derived products have emerged one after another. Some criminals try to change the packaging of cannabis gummies to evade customs supervision and smuggle them into the country. The appearance and smell of these cannabis gummies are the same as normal candies, and they are highly confusing and inducing.
