Three men have been arrested and more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamine has been seized after RCMP in British Columbia disrupted a scheme to transport the drugs to Australia, concealed in jars of pickles.
The Australian Federal Police and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) launched a joint investigation after police identified two suspects allegedly involved in the importation of drugs from Canada into Australia, the RCMP said in a press release.
The probe resulted in the confiscation of 115 kilograms of methamphetamine at the Tsawwassen, B.C., container facility in January. The drugs had been slated for shipment to Melbourne.
Two male suspects were arrested in Australia on March 17 and a foreign national was arrested the same day in Kelowna, B.C., police said….