WATCH: Inspector Howie Page from the Toronto police showed off a huge amount of cocaine and cash seized in a recent sting.
TORONTO – Toronto police have arrested a 28-year-old Woodbridge man for allegedly trafficking cocaine and ketamine through the mail.
Police say the suspect used a national courier in the Greater Toronto Area to ship the drugs to Edmonton.
“A pattern of behaviour triggered the identification of this original package by an alert courier company employee,” said Toronto police drug squad Inspector Howie Page during a press conference Friday.
Police say the package contained five kilograms of cocaine and one kilogram of ketamine with a street value of $550,000.
The accused was apprehended on May 20 following an investigation by the Toronto police drug squad.
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“We are investigating the possibility that this individual may be responsible for shipments previous to those that were intercepted,” said Howe.
“Person looking to traffic controlled substances through the mail should be warned we will go to great lengths to intercept these packages and hold the involved persons responsible.”
VIDEO: Inspector Howie Page says that the discovered drugs were vacuum sealed and surrounded in bags of paprika to distract police.
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