Tendency evidence establishing a modus operandi of importing packages using false identities has significant probative value on the importation element and its prejudicial effect on the recklessness element can be adequately mitigated by appropriate judicial directions. Where the circumstantial evidence establishes that an accused opened parcel locker accounts in false names, operated those accounts, tracked consignments, and was responsible for collection, the only rational inference is active involvement in importation and awareness of a substantial risk that the consignments contained a border controlled precursor.
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