Toronto police have announced a record seizure of $83 million worth of cocaine, saying it could be linked to a Mexican cartel.
The 835 kilograms of cocaine seized is alleged to have the “hallmarks” of coming from Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation cartel, Toronto Police Service (TPS) Chief Myron Demkiw said during a Jan. 21 press conference, calling it the “largest cocaine seizure in the history” of the service.
Based in the western Mexican state of Jalisco and known in Spanish as Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), the cartel is described as “one of the fastest-growing” criminal organizations in the country and the only cartel with a national presence, according to a report by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada….