Canada border agents seize more meth bound for Australia

Canada’s Border Services Agency says it has seized dozens of shipments of methamphetamines implicit the past fewer months.

In immoderate cases, the smugglers went to large lengths to disguise their products.

The CBSA says that betwixt March and August, 2024, it has made much than 60 seizures of meth, each of it headed for Australia.

Included successful the seizures were blankets soaked successful liquid meth and crystal meth molded to look similar candles.

Some of the drugs were besides packaged to look similar day gifts.

The combined seizures from the docks, successful the message and astatine Vancouver’s International Airport, full astir 8 cardinal idiosyncratic doses.

“The palmy seizures of a combined 397 kg and 1,278 litres of methamphetamine is simply a testament to the exemplary enactment and investigative expertise shown by Border Services Officers, quality officers, analysts and liaison officers,” Nina Patel, determination manager general, Pacific Region, Canada Border Services Agency, said.

“I privation to admit the collaborative efforts of our partners, including the RCMP and Australian Federal Police, for their hard enactment and dedication to nationalist safety.”

Last June, much than 6,330 kilograms of liquid and crystal methamphetamine were seized successful Metro Vancouver, cached successful 419 canola lipid jugs bound for export to Australia.

Five Australian citizens were arrested successful transportation with that operation, arsenic good arsenic 1 American citizen.