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U.S. Postal Service mail handlers Alan Flores, left, and Romeo Gumpal sort packages.

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Postal Loophole Allows Opioids from Abroad to Flood into Florida

| Dec. 20, 2017

Every day more than 1 million packages reach the United States through the global postal system without the important security information law enforcement agencies need to stop and inspect packages that could contain deadly drugs and other illicit items. Given that a recent Customs and Border Protection operation at the postal service’s international hub at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport found 43 percent of foreign packages were noncompliant with U.S. regulations, the magnitude of this issue is especially troubling.