The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) intercepted 189 kilograms of cocaine, worth an estimated $2 million, hidden inside a commercial truck attempting to enter Canada. This seizure is the result of a collaborative effort between the CBSA, RCMP, and Calgary Police Service.
The CBSA has seized 189 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated value of $2 million that the driver of a commercial truck was trying to smuggle into Canada. Authorities at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing seized 189 kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated value of about $2 million, that was being shipped into Canada.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App
"I want to commend our CBSA officers who prevent illegal narcotics from breaching our borders and disrupt crime networks. In cooperation with our law enforcement partners, the RCMP and the Calgary Police Service, this significant seizure serves as another example of how Canada's borders are being secured and drugs are kept off our streets," said Ben Tame, the CBSA's director of the southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan district.
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