122-pound drug shipment seized at Indianapolis FedEx facility

Drugs headed for Wisconsin

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Posted: 03/01/2013
Last Updated: 84 days ago

INDIANAPOLIS - More than 122 pounds of the drug khat was found among computer parts at the Indianapolis FedEx facility Friday.

Customs and Border Protection officers found the drugs hidden among computer parts during a routine inspection.

The shipment was on its way to Wisconsin and arrived in the U.S. from Great Britain.

Khat, which is found in eastern Africa and southern Arabia, is chewed for its stimulant, euphoria effect.

No arrests have been made.
 

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