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Drug smuggling intercepted by CBSA

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Nov, 2024 12:41 PM
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The Canada Border Services Agency says officers intercepted 210 bricks of cocaine being smuggled into B-C in three separate incidents.

It says the seizures amounted to a combined weight of 246 kilograms worth of drugs that have an estimated street value of more than 6.6 million dollars.

The agency says the incidents happened on October 18th, November 1st and November 9th at Aldergrove and Pacific Highway Commercial ports.

It says the drivers were arrested and transferred into the custody of the R-C-M-P's federal organized crime unit.

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