Customs and Border Protection officials this year have seized nearly 15,000 pounds of marijuana at the Michigan border, predominantly in Detroit. That’s seven times as much as the 2,189 pounds seized in 2018. Homeland Security Operations, the federal law enforcement arm that investigates smuggling, has seen its seizures boom at other northern borders, including Buffalo. There were 1,071 pounds seized there in 2016, versus 41,000 in fiscal year 2021.
Conversely, marijuana seizures at the southern border, marijuana’s traditional route into the U.S., has experienced a steep decline. Customs officials seized nearly 723,000 pounds of marijuana at its southern checkpoints in 2016, compared to about 200,000 this year, a 72% decrease.
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