U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Chicago Field Office (CFO) led the nation in narcotic seizures for the second straight year. The CFO seized more than 15,000 packages, totaling more than 19,500 pounds, of narcotics, the highest in the U.S. In fact, the packages seized by CFO is almost double the amount of the next field office. Chicago’s Field Office is the largest geographical field office in CBP. The CFO encompasses most of the Midwestern United States, covering 28 Ports of Entry (POE), 10 User Fee Airport, and three major Express Consignment Operation (ECO) hubs (UPS, FedEx, DHL) in 12 states (Illinois, Ohio Kentucky, Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, most of Minnesota, and Erie, Pennsylvania). The three ECO hubs process 40 percent of the total U.S. international Express consignment entry volume. The FEDEX facility is in Indianapolis, DHL is in Cincinnati, and UPS is in Louisville, Kentucky. Additionally, O’Hare’s International Mail Facility processes 20 percent of the international mail coming into the United States. During this past fiscal year, CFO’s top three narcotics seized were Ecstasy, other drugs/prescriptions/chemicals, and marijuana.