Authorities have seized nearly 700 grams of doda being smuggled across the Saskatchewan border with the United States.
Canada Border Services Agency officers stopped a commercial vehicle hauling produce from California to Regina on Dec. 3 at the Regway port of entry.
Officers said they found 694 grams of doda during a search of the cab and arrested the driver, Kamaljit Singh Atwal, who is from Surrey, B.C.
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Atwal, 43, was turned over to Radville RCMP and charged under the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act.
He is scheduled to appear Tuesday in Regina provincial court.
Doda is a powdered opiate made from crushed poppy seeds.
It is an addictive substance and has the potential to be harmful when injested, according to authorities.
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