PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Federal agents seized nearly seven pounds of methamphetamine from a shipping facility in Delaware County.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said it was detected through an X-ray exam in a parcel destined for an address in the Netherlands.
Officers opened the parcel and found what they described as a “cloudy crystalline substance packed inside several zip-lock bags.”
The methamphetamine weighed about 6 pounds, 12 ounces. It has a street value of about $240,000 in the United States and more in the Netherlands.
Methamphetamine is a Schedule II controlled substance, which, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration, has a high potential for abuse. CBP officials say illicit crystal meth is often cooked with toxic, flammable, and corrosive chemicals that pose severe health and safety risks to those who use it, including paranoia, anxiety and stroke.