$77-million cocaine seizure underscores an inconvenient truth for Trump: Vast majority of drugs come through ports
The container on the left, holding 3,200 pounds of cocaine in 60 packages, was seized at the port in New Jersey. By Eli Rosenberg Eli Rosenberg General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow March 11 at 7:53 PM As President Trump drummed up support for the billions of dollars he sought for a border wall, he routinely pointed to one crime that he said the edifice would stop: drug smuggling.
But a historically large drug bust announced Monday, nearly 2,000 miles away from the United States-Mexico border, underscored how drug smugglers do look to ports of entry for large drug-running jobs. Despite Trump’s claims, experts say the majority of drugs come into the United States through legal ports of entry — not illegal crossings.
“This record breaking seizure draws attention to this new threat and shows law enforcement’s collaborative efforts in seizing illicit drugs before it gets to the streets and into users’ hands,” DEA Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan said in a statement. Former White House chief of staff John F. Kelly testified in a congressional hearing in 2017 when he was the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security that most of the drugs come through ports of entry. And border security officials have made similar points.
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