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Egg smuggling up 108% at the US-Mexico border as prices skyrocket

New York Post–With eggs topping $8 a dozen in some cities, the kitchen staple has become a clandestine commodity — smuggled across the southern border for shoppers hoping to save on soaring prices, Customs and Border Protection officials told The Post.

There’s been an astounding 108% increase in eggs confiscated at ports of entry in the last four months, CBP told the Border Report.

Customs officers have seen rising cases “in the last week or so where the eggs were not declared and then discovered during an inspection,” CBP spokesman Roger Maier told the Post Thursday.