600 bikes coated in excessive levels of harmful lead paint seized in Baltimore by CBP
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
A photo of one of the seized bikes.
By: WMAR Staff
and last updated 2021-01-08 18:32:12-05
BALTIMORE â U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission seized nearly 600 girlâs bicycles in Baltimore recently that were coated in excessive levels of harmful lead paint.
CBP officers and a CPSC investigator initially examined the shipment of 598 Dripe-X brand girlâs bicycles from China on September 21. The CPSC investigator took samples for testing on September 30 and requested that CBP officers detain the shipment.
2020: Year in Review - Part 1: Border wall, elections, crime among year s top stories
Dec. 30, 2020
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Construction work on a new section of the border wall in Donna, Texas on Dec. 12, 2019. While COVID-19 has dominated the headlines in 2020, the year has still featured plenty of major news. And LMT’s four-part year in review series will take a look at both, beginning with the two-part top non-COVID headlines and culminating with a two-day look at the top COVID stories of 2020.Ilana Panich-Linsman /NYT
Editor’s note: 2020 has been filled to the brim with notable news, and it’s not just all related to the coronavirus pandemic. LMT will be taking a look at the top stories of the year both related to COVID-19 and not at all in a four-part series. We’ll start with Part 1 of 4, first discussing the top non-COVID stories of the year in its own two-part series.
WATCH: CBP Aircrew, Border Patrol Rescue 2 Migrants from Canyon in Arizona Desert
24 Dec 2020
A Tucson Air Branch Air and Marine Operations (AMO) helicopter aircrew teamed up with U.S. Border Patrol agents to rescue two migrants in the Boboquivari Wilderness Peak area. One became injured after falling in a steep canyon.
A Tucson Air Branch UH-50 Black Hawk aircrew responded to a 911 call from a woman who said she became injured after falling in a canyon in the Baboquivari Wilderness Peak area. The woman, a migrant who entered the U.S. illegally from Mexico, fell from a 10-foot cliff, according to information obtained from U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.