O’Hare authorities seize more than $6.2M in counterfeit watches, illegal steroids

Federal border patrol agents seized millions of dollars’ worth of illegal steroids and counterfeit watches and technology from a shipment at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, authorities said.The shipment was seized Oct. 31 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team, according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.The items in the shipment would have sold at retail price for a total of over $6.2 million, according to the release from CBP’s Chicago Field Office.“Our officers across the nation routinely see these types of shipments and they are illegal,” Chicago Field Office’s Acting Director of Field Operations Michael Pfeiffer said in the release. “In this instance officers not only stopped counterfeit watches that threaten America’s economic vitality and often funds criminal activities, but the officers also identified illicit shipments containing steroids, which are extremely dangerous.”The shipment came from China and w