700 LBS. OF ECSTASY SEIZED

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- The U.S. Customs Service said Thursday it
seized its largest shipment ever of the drug Ecstasy -- 700 pounds
worth $30 million on the street.

Customs spokeswoman Jennifer Eisner said six people, all U.S.
citizens, had been arrested in San Bernardino and charged with federal
drug smuggling offenses.

Eisner said that a week ago, customs agents stationed at a mail
facility in Memphis, Tenn., discovered and tracked a package
containing 100 pounds of the drug shipped from France to an address in
the San Bernardino area in Southern California.

There, agents working with the Inland Regional Narcotics Taskforce
found an additional 600 pounds of the drug, and made arrests.