Anyone who tries to smuggles 30 tons of ephedrine/pseudoephedrine tablets into the U.S. (and gets caught) will be a guest of the Federal government for quite some time. Implying that such an effort would be ignored by the USCS, DEA, FBI, or Border Patrol is foolish.

On the rest of the story, I will state again that there is more to the story than stated, either with the family - or with the Sheriff.