Canadian border officials say they have seized nearly 190 kilograms of suspected cocaine from a truck during a bust earlier this year on the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont.
The suspected cocaine, seized in May of this year, has an estimated value of $23.4 million, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), who announced charges against the 55-year-old driver from Richmond Hill, Ont.
CBSA says officers stopped the commercial truck as it was entering Canada from the United States, after which a second examination turned up five garbage bags full of 161 bricks of what they believe to be cocaine.
“Over the past few years, there has been an increase in guns, fentanyl, meth and cocaine seizures coming from the U.S.,” CBSA spokesperson Rebecca Purdy explained in a statement emailed to The Epoch Times. “Canada and the U.S. count on each other to share information, identify and protect against threats. By ensuring timely, effective intelligence sharing and cross-border cooperation, Canada and the U.S. can better track, disrupt, and dismantle the criminal networks that operate across borders and harm our communities.”…