THE Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the RCMP on Friday announced a record suspected cocaine seizure at the Coutts, Alberta border crossing.
On December 2, CBSA officers at Coutts intercepted a commercial vehicle hauling produce from California that was destined for an Alberta business. While examining the cab of the vehicle, officers found 84 bricks of suspected cocaine with a total weight of 99.5 kilograms. This is the largest suspected cocaine seizure recorded by CBSA officers in Alberta to date.
According to police, this seizure could be worth between $6.7 to $8.4-million or more if sold at the gram level.
Two travellers, the driver and a passenger, were arrested
Kim R. Scoville, Regional Director General, Prairie Region, CBSA, said: “Had this quantity of illicit narcotics made its way into our communities undetected, the impact could have been devastating.”