Baltimore CBP Seizes Hashish Concealed Inside Seashells From Nigeria
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Customs and Border Protection officers in Baltimore discovered hashish hidden inside seashells in air cargo from Nigeria on September 30.
Hashish is a drug made from the compressing and processing trichomes of the cannabis plant
CBP agriculture specialists initially inspected the parcel when they found little plastic baggies of a brown substance inside seashells taped closed.
Officers at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport field-tested the brown substance and found it was hashish, weighing a total of a little more than 38 grams.
The parcel was meant to be sent to an address in Baltimore County.
Authorities have made no arrests and are still investigating.
