Damn! I was really looking forward to my new Christmas Bong!

[The Pieyed Piper]

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/BusinessTraveler/wireStory?id=9136406

Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316,000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments at the Los Angeles harbor.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday that agents found the highly decorated drug pipes in 860 boxes shipped from China. The cargo, estimated to be worth more than $2.6 million, had been described as glass figures and Christmas ornaments.

Customs spokeswoman Cristina Gamez says the importer remains under investigation and there have been no arrests. She says it is illegal to import or export drug paraphernalia in the United States.

[tarheelblue89]

Awwww those are pretty.

[natty]

What a great thing for customs to be spending their time and energy on.

[The Faceless]

fug our government.

[Jangler]

What a great thing for customs to be spending their time and energy on.

Huh? It's customs, that's what they do. Check shipping containers. What's amazing is they actually found them.

[southcakalac]

how is it paraphernalia? they are for tobacco

i mean you can buy them in stores. i bought one in cancun and brought it back. they checked it over a lot but it had never been used so it was all good

[Carolina Husker]

Such a colossal waste of time and money.

[Happy Panther]

Yeah think of all the crime that will be averted now that this paraphernalia will stay off the streets