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Y'know scrap metal?

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Thirty Bucks.

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Maybe its worth about thirty dollars now.

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One of CBP's top priorities is to ensure the safety

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of imported products into the United States,

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and the Land Rover Defender, that you see up on top of that pile,

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did not meet the safety rules of United States roads.

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Those types of vehicles that are older than 25 years,

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they're exempt a lot of the highway transportation safety rules

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so that they can legally be imported.

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And what the importer did on that one is,

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he manipulated that Defender to look like it's older than 25 years,

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so that he could legally import it.

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He did not get away with it.

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Our targeters in DC, working with our partners

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in the Department of Transportation and the EPA,

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targeted this Land Rover Defender for inspection

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by our Officers at the Port of Baltimore.

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They did the checks of the VIN, and other checks that they do of the vehicle,

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and determined that that truck is not 25 years old

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and has been illegally manipulated.

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They can get upwards of a hundred-thousand dollars for these vehicles,

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and someone's thinking that they're getting a 1975 Defender,

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when really they're buying a 2005 Defender that's been illegally altered.

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We can't offer it for resale, we can't offer it to be re-exported,

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and we have to ultimately... destroy it.

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Well, this definitely shows the hard work of our CBP Officers,

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in collaboration with our other Federal partners.

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We kept an unsafe vehicle off American roads, and can save lives.

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This is a victory for the CBP Officers working at the Port of Baltimore,

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along with our Import Specialists,

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we all work together, and what's up on top of that pile, is our trophy.