1.   Customs spokesman Roger Maier in El Paso declined to elaborate on the investigation or speculate on motives for the alleged crossing.

2.   Customs spokesman Jim Mitchie said Monday that tentative agreements will be announced with more countries in the next few weeks.

3.   A customs spokesman said the narcotic was found in a cargo container at the port, but would divulge no other details.

4.   According to customs office spokesman Ivan Kutevski, the drugs were found during a routine check of a Turkish bus traveling from Istanbul to Skopje, Macedonia.

5.   Customs inspections will be centralized and simplified to make it easier to ferret out bogus items, said customs spokesman Raymond Cheng.

6.   Customs spokesman Dean Boyd declined to comment on the case Friday.

7.   Customs spokesman Dean Boyd said Kelly plans to take a vacation and has not announced what he will do next.

8.   Customs spokesman Karel Thiele told the Czech news agency CTK that the drug was hidden in two containers with cotton that were to be exported to Belgium.

9.   Customs officers discovered the cache hidden under the false bottom of a van, according to customs administration spokesman Ivan Kutevski.

10.   Customs agents were lowered into the pile of debris in October to retrieve evidence pertaining to several cases, said customs spokesman Dean Boyd.