HALIFAX – The RCMP is investigating after 400 bricks of suspected cocaine were found stuffed inside duffle bags on a container ship in Halifax.
The Canada Border Services Agency says the drugs were found last Wednesday during a search of a container that arrived at the Port of Halifax from Argentina.
The agency says the shipping documents purported the container to be carrying more than 1,200 cases of alcohol, but an X-ray showed something more was in there.
Officers then discovered eight duffle bags containing what was believed to be more than 450 kilograms of cocaine — one of the largest amounts ever seized in Atlantic Canada. The RCMP says it represents more than 18 million doses that would otherwise be on the streets.
RCMP Const. Mark Skinner says the substance is believed to be pure cocaine, but lab tests continue to be conducted.
He says the investigation is in the early stages and there have been no arrests.
With files from Ray Bradshaw, Global News
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