Top Senate Finance Democrat Calls for CBP Data on Synthetic Opioid
CBP should give Congress current figures on the amount of fentanyl the agency has seized in fiscal 2016, along with the estimated street value, weight, and originating country of the synthetic opioid intercepted last fiscal year, Senate Finance Committee Ranking…
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Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in a letter to CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske (here). Wyden called on CBP to describe to Congress by June 20 the efforts it has taken to halt shipments of fentanyl into the U.S., after the agency seized almost 100 times more synthetic opioids in fiscal 2015 than fiscal 2013. The letter also asks whether CBP has the authority to seize Fentanyl precursor chemicals if there is “reasonable suspicion” that they would be used to produce the drug or an analog. CBP should also provide information on the agency's monitoring of the movement of pill presses and what “best practices” CBP has learned from express courier partnerships, specifically with regard to combatting new challenges to interdiction posed by e-commerce.