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#96313 - 05/13/04 10:15 AM
Customs Sample Confiscation Letters
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Administrator
GRAND Pooh-Bah
Registered: 11/18/01
Posts: 6308
Loc: DrugBuyers.Com
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You can see some samples of actual letters received by our members if you click on the links:
Recent Sample
Older Sample
The following is a the text of aletter received by a person that ordered Valium from a foreign pharmacy"
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"US Customs Service
22685 Holiday Park Drive, Suite 15
Sterling, VA 20166
Dear Mr. XXXXXX:
This is your official notification that on April 28, 2003, Inspectors of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection seized 14.7 grams of Alprazolam found in a parcel addressed to you at the Dulles International Mail Facitlity. The items have an estimated appraised value of $6.00. The substances were being imported in violation of Title 19, United States Code (USC), section 1497 "Penalties for Failure to Decalre," Title 21 USC, section 953, "Importation of Controlled Substances," Title 19 USC, section 1595(a) "Merchandise Introduced Contrary to Law," 18 United States Code, section 545 "Smuggling" and Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, part 1312, "Importation and Exportation of Controlled Substances."
This notice also serves as an official notification that administrative forfeiture proceedings shall be instituted against the seized merchandise. Please be advised that the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection will advertise the substances by posting a "Notice of seizure and Intent to Forfeit" at the Port of Washingtond, D.C. The first noticed will be published on or about Monday, June 02, 2003.
Under provisions of Title 19, USC, section 1618, you have the right to petition for administrative relief from forfeiture of the seized drugs. Your petition must include a copy of the approved DEA form 236 you filed prior to importation of your shipment. Please be aware that the submussion of a prescription will not grant release of these drugs. You must file your petition with this office within 30 days from the date of this letter, or your merchandise will be forfeited to the U.S. Government and destroyed in accordance with the law. If you fail to respond to this notice within the 30-day period, the controlled substances will be forfeited to the United States Government and the case will be considered close.
The enclosed notice of Seizure and Information for Clamaints explains your options for remission of the forfeiture. Ifyou choose to petition for relief from forfeiture, you must complete and submit the enclosed Election of Proceedings form along with your petition. This submission will defer the judicial or administrativve proceedings until completion of the administrative process.
To advoid any future violations, your doctor or pharmacist must comply with the drug Enforcemnt Administration requirement. All controlled substances imported should be registered abd the appropriaete import declaration, DEA form 236, is filed with DE not less than 15 days before importation. Ordinary citizens are not permitted to import scheduled drugs. However, if you think you may be eligibke please request and file all applications with the DEA, International drug unit, Washington, D.C. 20537.
All petitions should be filed in duplicate and forwared to Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Port Case Numbers, Fines, Penalties, and Fofeitures Office, P.O. Box 17423, Washington, D.C. 20041. If you have any questions contact xxx at (703) 318 - 5900 ext. xxx
Sincerly,
Name Removed
Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Officer
Port of Washington, D.C"
The ones below are the samples.
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EXHIBIT 9-3
Model Letter for Use in General Mail Importations
(LETTERHEAD)
A mail shipment of an article from a foreign country addressed to you is being detained at the U.S. Post Office. All products of this kind must meet the requirements of the Federal Food, drug, and Cosmetic Act or other laws enforced by the Food and drug Administration. These laws are designed to protect you from, among other things, unsafe or misrepresented foods, drugs, biologics, cosmetics, devices, and other articles. The product addressed to you does not appear to comply with the law.
Please read the enclosed Notice of Detention and Hearing carefully since it explains why FDA believes that the product sent to you is in violation. The Notice does not in any manner accuse you of violating any law.
If you have good reason to believe that the product does comply with the law and wish to discuss it with us, you may personally come to this office, telephone, or write to us within the time limit shown on the Notice.
If you do not wish to claim this shipment, you may disregard the Notice and the shipment will be returned to the sender without cost to you. The shipment will be returned to the sender automatically if we do not hear from you within the time limit shown on the Notice.
Sincerely yours,
Enclosure:
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EXHIBIT 9-4
Model Letter for Use in Detentions of Drugs and Devices
(LETTERHEAD)
A mail shipment addressed to you of a drug (device) from a foreign country is being detained at the U.S. Post Office. All products of this kind must meet the requirements of the Federal Food, drug and Cosmetic Act which is designed to protect you from products that have not been shown to be safe and effective and that are not labeled in a truthful, accurate and non-misleading manner.
Please read the enclosed Notice of Detention and Hearing carefully, since it explains why the product addressed to you appears to violate U.S. law. The Notice does not accuse you in any manner of violating any law.
If the drug is not approved for distribution in the United States, FDA may consider releasing the product to you for your own personal use if you provide a statement containing:
adequate documentation that the product is for your own use and for treatment of a serious condition, and include the name and address of the doctor licensed to practice in the United States who is responsible for your treatment with this product; or
adequate documentation that the product is for the continuation of treatment of a serious condition begun in a foreign country.
Send your statement to this office and we will promptly review your submission and consider release of the product.
If you have good reason to believe that the product does comply with the law and you wish to discuss it with us, you may come in person to this office, telephone, or write to us within the time limit shown on the Notice.
If you do not wish to claim this shipment, you may disregard the Notice and the shipment will be returned to the sender without cost to you. The shipment will be returned to the sender automatically if we do not hear from you within the time limit shown on the Notice.
Sincerely yours,
Enclosure:
Edited by DrugBuyers (06/02/04 12:23 PM)
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#96328 - 02/09/07 03:40 AM
Re: Customs Sample Confiscation Letters
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Member
Registered: 07/25/04
Posts: 162
Loc: Gentoo & Ubuntu in Tux's room
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What I have received is entirely different, But I think They are printed in Cebu City!
Nice one  - I wondered about that also, but after the 2nd LL I got, I received a package from Cebu City that had NOT been tampered with.
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#619549 - 12/27/07 12:06 PM
Re: Customs Sample Confiscation Letters
[Re: Administrator]
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Administrator
GRAND Pooh-Bah
Registered: 11/18/01
Posts: 6308
Loc: DrugBuyers.Com
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Attachments
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#684011 - 04/15/08 10:00 AM
Re: Customs Sample Confiscation Letters
[Re: Administrator]
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LuvLettersRus
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Once upon a time or two or three. I also received some of those love letters. Each time, they said the same exact thing. If I can find my way back to this thread, find the letters, I'll scan or upload them for you folks.
I can tell you, the port of entry also screamed CHECK ME..lol. Florida, with the packages coming from Peru. Yikes! Heading to my home in the midwest, which is about a 10 hr. drive to the Mexican border. Something we used to do once or twice a yr. Should have stuck with that plan instead of being lazy. In the end, it actually cost me more and I ended up with NOTHING.
I can now look back and laugh, and write it off as "it seemed like a good idea at the time" as well as young and dumb, but lucky!
(BTW...it's been yrs. since this happened and that pharmacy STILL calls me for refills, I tell them I no longer take the medication, never call me again but guess they don't understand English very well in Peru, unless it's the word Diazepam or Valium )
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#749271 - 08/18/08 06:33 PM
Re: Customs Sample Confiscation Letters
[Re: cafebrulot]
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Stranger
Registered: 02/23/05
Posts: 13
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Well, I don't know why I, a suburban MD stay at home mom who cares for her own mom and kids and animals, rates an actual honest-to-gosh visit from two lovely and polite DEA agents today. I hemmed and hawed, but they apparently knew some stuff already, made it clear that they weren't after me - is that true, do you think? - and only wanted to go after the big bad guys who coat their pills with paint and use antifreeze as an ingredient. With quite straight faces, I must admit. But oh sh**, they scared me to death!Hubby less than a year from a military retirement, and the crazy thing is, I don't even take the darn pills. Mom has severe spinal stenosis, is bed-bound and in contant pain from degenerative arthritis. To watch her cry from pain and know that most touch hurts her terribly is enough to make me go to my room and cry. And I'm on enough anti-depressant and sleep meds that I need nothing ordered for myself, thanks to the stress all this has brought on. But on to practical matters. Will this tag team be back to search my home, look through my bank statements - I showed them one, don't ask me why, I too am asking why in the world? . . . Can they grill my neighbors about us? Take away my Social Security from my neurological disability? I just don't know, which I consider barbaric in itself. Why teach us algebra and calculus when we need to learn to conduct ourselves with dignity during drug raids? Okay, that's an exaggeration, but still . . . If some kind soul out there has any ideas, please let me know, I'm just totally at a loss here. I'm wandering in the wilderness with barely a candle to light the way and oh, brother, am I scared.
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#749325 - 08/18/08 08:26 PM
Re: Customs Sample Confiscation Letters
[Re: dtkap]
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GOLDEN EAGLE 
GRAND Pooh-Bah
Registered: 01/29/06
Posts: 4555
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sorry to hear about that. It seems as if it was an IOP order this would not happen. So I am going to guess it is from a source that goes over to mexico and bring the pills back. If you don't have an attorney I would talk to one or if they come back, tell them you are in the process of talking with a lawyer. That will make them angry, so I would mention that you have not deceided that you won't cooperate, but you just have to talk to someone first. They can do a lot of things, but make them go to the trouble of getting a warrent, and they may just pick on soeone else who is easier to intimidate. Anything you show them get them one step farther into not needing a warrent.
If you open your door they can claim they saw some pills in the open, thus they would not even need a search warrent. They will make you feel like this deal ends in two minutes if you don't cooperate, and don't forget it is not against the law for them to lie to you during an investigation.
Talk to an attorney, and have him talk to these guys, maybe you can get it taken care of with a one hour bill from an attorney. chances are they are after someone else, but you have a lot to lose if you don't use your rights. (IMO)
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#749843 - 08/19/08 06:02 PM
Re: Customs Sample Confiscation Letters
[Re: dtkap]
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Veteran
Registered: 04/18/06
Posts: 501
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dtkap - are you on a military base?
I am assuming that your mother is living with you and your husband - is your mother under your husband as a dependent? If not, he should really try to get her under him and get medical care for her. A military medical facility in MD(you can probably figure which one)took great care of me for my pain management when I was a dependent. Sure it took several visits, test, x-rays, Mri's , CAT' scans, etc. but they did me right. I am just wondering if she could get some adequate pain relief that way. She should not have to suffer. Burns me up that people have to go through this then alphabets show up, but i hope your mom isn't getting tainted meds or anything from some source she has had to go to relieve her suffering.
Don't worry, you panicked - you showed them you were being straight up and open. It's for your mom and I am assuming you told them that and they asked, right? I highly doubt you or hubby or even mom are in any trouble. Please be careful though, you have free legal consul available to you on your base or post as a military wife, so I'd go use it.
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#757941 - 09/01/08 07:28 PM
Re: Customs Sample Confiscation Letters
[Re: dtkap]
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Member
Registered: 08/18/08
Posts: 128
Loc: An eastern tower Across a burn...
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Well, I don't know why I, a suburban MD stay at home mom who cares for her own mom and kids and animals, rates an actual honest-to-gosh visit from two lovely and polite DEA agents today. I hemmed and hawed, but they apparently knew some stuff already, made it clear that they weren't after me - is that true, do you think? - and only wanted to go after the big bad guys who coat their pills with paint and use antifreeze as an ingredient. With quite straight faces, I must admit.
But oh sh**, they scared me to death!Hubby less than a year from a military retirement, and the crazy thing is, I don't even take the darn pills. Mom has severe spinal stenosis, is bed-bound and in contant pain from degenerative arthritis. To watch her cry from pain and know that most touch hurts her terribly is enough to make me go to my room and cry. And I'm on enough anti-depressant and sleep meds that I need nothing ordered for myself, thanks to the stress all this has brought on.
But on to practical matters. Will this tag team be back to search my home, look through my bank statements - I showed them one, don't ask me why, I too am asking why in the world? . . . Can they grill my neighbors about us? Take away my Social Security from my neurological disability? I just don't know, which I consider barbaric in itself. Why teach us algebra and calculus when we need to learn to conduct ourselves with dignity during drug raids? Okay, that's an exaggeration, but still . . . If some kind soul out there has any ideas, please let me know, I'm just totally at a loss here. I'm wandering in the wilderness with barely a candle to light the way and oh, brother, am I scared. I felt it necessary to reply to this one, because my brother was once in a somewhat similar situation. Feds got him in a drug related deal involving his boss that he hadn't wanted any part of. They were very freindly and told him they knew he was innocent, and got him to cooperate in bringing down his boss. They let him go. A year later he was advised they had decided to pursue a conviction on him as well. The first trial was a hung jury. Again they let him go.(they used all the recordings etc from when he helped bring the other guy down against him in trial) 6 months later they told him they were going to try him again. I personally witnessed how unfair and dishonest the prosecution was. To cut to the point, they are not your freind. Don't say anything to them without a lawyer, even though they will try to convince you that you don't have anything to worry about as long as you are cooperating with them. They are likely to turn this against you down the road, after they get whatever they want from you. My younger brother is still in federal prison today as a testement to that fact. 'Conspiracy' charges. They don't really care about guilt or innocence; a prosecuter's career is based on how many convictions they can rack up. P.S.- there is no parole in the federal system.
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McCain? Really? Take a good hard look at what Bush has done to this country.
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Thanks for any info.
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