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Most significant drug seizure in Calgary this year

CALGARY – The Canadian Border Services Agency says a seizure of 65 grams of heroin last month is the ‘most significant’ drug seizure they’ve made in Calgary, in 2013.

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The drugs were discovered inside a wooden statue, in a courier shipment destined for Saskatoon.

CBSA officers have made 55 drug seizures since January 1, including:
45 kilograms of khat
70 grams of opium
1,400 doses of steroids
10 litres of safrole, a precursor chemical used in the production of MDMA (ecstasy). 

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