Drug Smuggling

• $3.6M in meth seized from commercial vehicle at Coutts border crossing: RCMP

  Border officers found and seized about 300 kilograms of methamphetamine inside several boxes in the rear of a commercial transport vehicle. 

  Canada

  Mar 23
  
• Charges stayed in Toronto case of alleged international drug-smuggling ring

  Charges have been stayed in a Toronto police case from 2021 that the force referred to at the time as 'the largest drug bust' in its history.

  Crime

  Mar 8
  
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• Break-in suspect believed to have swallowed drugs to smuggle into prison: Selkirk RCMP

  Selkirk RCMP say a man who was arrested for a break-and-enter is believed to have ingested drugs in an attempt to smuggle them into prison.

  Crime

  Jan 24
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• 2 Calgary men charged in international drug exportation investigation: RCMP

  According to the RCMP, the CBSA notified IBET in May that a package of meth was seized by border officials in Australia after they found it hidden inside a shop vaccuum.

  Crime

  Jan 23
• Selkirk RCMP suspect man swallowed drugs to smuggle into prison

  Selkirk RCMP say they suspect a man swallowed drugs in an attempt to smuggle them into prison. 

  Crime

  Jan 10
• B.C. man among three accused of drug smuggling in Washington state

  Kevin Gartry, 45, of B.C., is among the three men accused of conspiracy to distribute and possession of drugs, and conspiracy to commit international money laundering.

  Crime

  Dec 10, 2022
• Surrey, B.C. truck driver gets 4 years in prison for smuggling meth across the border

  Surrey RCMP said officers with the Canada Border Services Agency conducted a screening of the tractor-trailer at the Pacific Highway Border Crossing on Nov. 18, 2018.

  Crime

  Aug 15, 2022
• Man arrested after trying to smuggle kilograms of heroin into Calgary’s airport

  Authorities have arrested a man at the Calgary International Airport for trying to import several kilograms of heroin into Canada via commercial air travel.

  Crime

  Jun 1, 2022
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• Prisoner charged with meth possession after RCMP say drug balloons smuggled inside his body

  Police said the 21-year-old Winnipeg man was awaiting transfer at the Selkirk detachment's cell block, when he began having medical difficulties.

  Crime

  Jun 1, 2022
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• Alberta man caught with 650kg of meth in waters between B.C., Washington state: police

  A man intercepted by U.S. border patrol agents claimed he didn't know drugs were onboard the boat a stranger in Victoria paid him $1,000 to drive to Washington state and back.

  Crime

  May 27, 2022