Border officials at the Coutts, Alberta, border crossing have seized 189 kilograms of cocaine, worth about $2 million, that was being shipped to Canada.
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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says officers seized drugs hidden in a commercial truck attempting to enter Canada on Nov. 13.
Officials say the seizure was the result of a collaboration between the CBSA, the RCMP and the Calgary Police Service.
"I want to congratulate our CBSA officers who are preventing illegal narcotics from crossing our borders and disrupting criminal networks." "Working with our law enforcement partners, the RCMP and the Calgary Police Service, this significant seizure is another example of how Canada's borders are secure and how drugs are being kept off our streets," said Ben Tame, Director of CBSA/Southern Saskatchewan Southern Alberta. Region.
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Between January 1 and October 31, the CBSA seized more than 25,600 kilograms of illegal drugs, as well as 15,000 kilograms of cannabis and 547,000 kilograms of undeclared tobacco.
The drugs consisted of:
3955 kilograms of cocaine;
4.9 kilograms of fentanyl;
237 kilograms of other opioids;
37 kilograms of heroin; and
21,457 kilograms of other drugs, narcotics and precursor chemicals
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