A shipment of 35 counterfeit NFL Championship rings from China was seized on April 27 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at O’Hare’s International Mail Facility, the agency said Monday. The package contained fake Super Bowl rings for the Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins and.
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A man allegedly attempted to go through customs at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Thursday carrying 3,200 erectile dysfunction pills he claimed were for his friends.
“The nine pounds of pills, worth nearly $100,000, were a generic Viagra brand sold over the counter in India, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),” ABC 7 reported.
Agents seized the pills Thursday upon the passenger’s return from India. When agents asked the man why he had the tablets, he said they were for his friends.
“Officials said prescription medications manufactured in non-regulated foreign companies often contain dangerous contaminants or ineffective compounds,” WGN 9 reported.
A wheel fell off a small aircraft shortly before the plane's arrival at O'Hare International Airport Thursday evening and ended up in a nearby neighborhood, authorities said.
At approximately 6:19 p.m., O Hare operations officials were notified that the plane, which was landing at the time, was sending off a considerable amount of sparks from the landing gear on the left side, according to a statement from the Chicago Department of Aviation.
Airport workers then determined the left landing landing gear was missing.
According to the Chicago Police Department, the tire was discovered in the yard of a home in the 5500 block of West Leland Avenue. No injuries were reported there, authorities added.
Shortly before the plane landed at O Hare, one Jefferson Park resident said she heard a big boom.
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A wheel fell off a small plane bound for O’Hare International Airport Thursday and landed in the yard of a home in Jefferson Park on the Northwest Side.
The wheel “disconnected from an aircraft” and was discovered in the yard just before 7 p.m. in the 5500 block of West Leland Avenue, according to Chicago police. No injuries were reported.
The Chicago Department of Aviation said the wheel fell off Boutique Air Flight 835, which runs “an essential air service route between Chicago and Ironwood in Michigan’s upper peninsula.”
Airfield operators at O’Hare were notified of the incident when the plane, a single-engine Pilatus PC12, landed on Runway 28Center, sending sparks flying from the missing left landing gear, CDA said. None of the five passengers or two crew members on the flight were injured.