At the Canada-U.S. border, border officials confiscate cocaine valued at $2 mill

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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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