Canadian authorities seize 100 pounds of cocaine at border

[S.C. Joe]

100 POUNDS If I recall right, that stuff sells and trades in GRAMS not pounds. Holly cow. I wounder if US customs would have caught it ?

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080403/METRO/804030480



Canadian authorities busted two people trying to smuggle about 100 pounds of cocaine into the United States.

The seizure had a street value of $5.75 million, Canadian Border Services Agency officials said in a statement issued today.

Border services officers stopped a truck about 9:30 a.m. March 29 as it attempted to cross the Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward, near Sarnia, according to the statement.


Officers found 46 bricks of the drug wrapped in plastic and hidden in a compartment between the back seat and the trunk, according to the release.

Two Kitchener, Ontario residents were arrested and police are pursuing drug possession with intent to distribute charges against them. The suspects are a 42-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman.

"This seizure is an excellent example of the outstanding work our officers continue to do in keeping illegal drugs out of our communities," said Stockwell Day, minister of Public Safety.

Canadian authorities were uncertain whether the drugs came from. Those with information can call the Canadian Border Services Agency Border Watch at (888) 502-9060

 

[papasmerf]

Good.

BTW do Canadian Customs auction off seized goods?

 

[S.C. Joe]

Hmmm, maybe somebody here should call (888) 502-9060 and ask lol


But it is good its off the street, thats the stuff that screws up so many people and gives drugs a bad name. Its too bad there was no way to track where it was headed and get more people.

Not really in to seeing people get busted but that is enough carp to ruin so many peoples life's. If you are 40, 50 years old and want it, well maybe but too many 20 year olds are hook on that and look what happens to them.

 

[S.C. Joe]

It must be easier to bring it up on a ship in to Canada then the USA. Then from Canada they drive it in a semi truck to the USA. I wounder how customs knew to look ? With so many trucks coming across all the time. Wounder if somebody ratted on them.

That 100 pounds might have just been part of a shipment, how many more pounds of it are in the Toronto area right now ?

 

[bogo]

It was likely part of a far larger sting. The authorities probably knew the where abouts of this shipment from the time it left its country of origin. According to a friend of mine in the know, they often track shipments like this to trace the upper channels of distribution.

 

[papasmerf]

Very few of the arrests and seizures at American borders ever make the press.