Coutts Border Crossing

• Edmonton driver charged after 67 kg of cocaine found in truck at Coutts border crossing

  A duffle bag containing millions of dollars worth of cocaine, wrapped up in bricks with Amazon labels, was seized from a truck crossing into Canada at the Coutts border crossing.

  Crime

  Jul 31, 2025
  
• Large drug bust made at Canada-U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta.

  There's been another large drug seizure at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing. CBSA officers have charged a 26-year-old Calgary man after seizing 108 kilograms of cocaine.

  Crime

  Mar 20, 2025
  
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• Nearly $3M in cocaine, meth seized from trucks entering Canada at Coutts border crossing

  A combined 228 kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine worth nearly $3 million that was bound for Calgary was seized at the Coutts border crossing in two separate incidents.

  Crime

  Feb 25, 2025
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• Undercover officer testifies at Alberta trial, says accused at Coutts spoke of killing police

  The officer testified about how she infiltrated the Coutts protest.

  Crime

  Jun 12, 2024
• Defence disputes accused was leader at Coutts border blockade: ‘He was a messenger’

  A lawyer for one of three men on trial for their roles in the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., argued Thursday his client was nothing more than a messenger. 

  Crime

  Apr 11, 2024
• $3M in cocaine seized at Coutts border crossing, Calgary man charged

  A Calgary man has been charged with trying to smuggle drugs into the country after border officers discovered and seized $3 million worth of cocaine.

  Crime

  Dec 19, 2023
• ‘Your guy has really screwed the pooch,’ Kenney told feds over Coutts blockade

  Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney accused the federal government of leaving provinces "holding the bag" to clear "Freedom Convoy" protesters from the Coutts border crossing.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2022
• Calgary man charged after cocaine found in shipment of bananas at Coutts border crossing

  A 26-year-old Calgary man has been charged with importing and possessing a controlled substance after cocaine was found in a shipment heading across the U.S.-Canada border. 

  Crime

  Nov 17, 2022
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• Cases delayed again for Coutts blockade protesters charged with conspiracy to commit murder

  Four men charged with conspiracy to commit murder after being arrested the Coutts border blockade in southern Alberta had their cases delayed for the second time Monday.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2022
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• 13 accused in Coutts blockade weapons charges appear in court

  All 13 are currently facing charges of possession of a weapon and mischief to property over $5,000. Four were also charged with conspiracy to murder.

  Canada

  Mar 15, 2022