bad news for serious cigar folks. shipment of illegal cigars is turning up by the thousands in chicago and being stopped dead in their tracks. senior homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve has details. >> reporter: a lot of cigar lovers will not get their christmas wish. you are looking at contraband. not drugs. not weapons. not terrorist bombs. but cuban cigars. seized by customs and border protection at chicago's o'hare airport. george leon saw the first package last month as he screened incoming international mail. >> after that, they just kept on coming. bags worth just kept on coming down the line, okay. then before we knew it it was all spread out. >> reporter: they kept coming. for weeks. how many would you guess? >> we're estimating right now about 100,000.