A man is facing multiple drug-related charges after the seizure of 200 kilograms of drugs at the Port of Halifax on May 25.
According to a press release on Thursday, officers from Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) detected anomalies in an X-ray image as they were examining a container.
The shipment, which was bound for Ontario, was declared as chocolate.
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After further examination, officers located and seized 100 chocolate bars with each containing two kilograms of hashish, a drug produced from cannabis resin.
The evidence was then turned over to the RCMP for further investigation.
The Mounties have now charged Owen Jagasar of Mississauga, Ont., with importation of a controlled substance, possession for the purpose of trafficking and two counts of conspiring to commit an indictable offence under the Criminal Code.
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If convicted on all charges Owen Jagasar could face 40 years in prison.
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