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CBSA stops truck carrying 200 kilos of meth
WINDSOR, Ont. – A Mississauga truck driver was arrested Dec. 24, when border agents and the RCMP intercepted the largest shipment of methamphetamine on record in the past seven years. The 200-kg shipment was valued at more than $25.5 million.…
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CBSA intercepts truck carrying big drug shipment
POINT EDWARD, Ont. – A tractor-trailer carrying 50 kilos of suspected cocaine has been intercepted by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) at the Blue Water Bridge border crossing. A 52-year-old Markham, Ont.-based truck driver, Guo Bing Zhao, has been…
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CTA looks for greater fairness and use of ‘volumetrics’ with AMPs system
TORONTO, Ont. – With Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) looking to return to a graduated Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) system, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is calling for greater fairness and the use of ‘volumetrics’ for Advanced Commercial Information (ACI)…
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Trucking careers go up in smoke as drivers charged with tobacco smuggling
MONTREAL, Que. — Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says two drivers caught smuggling tobacco in 2012 have been sentenced. Ernest Vincent Curran was sentenced March 23 to 90 days in jail and fined $7,000. He was arrested after arriving at…
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Are dash cams illegal at the border? It could depend on which way you’re headed.
DETROIT, Mich. — Can your dash cam cost you your FAST card? That’s the question professional driver Mark Roberts was left wondering, when on a recent trip across the Ambassador Bridge a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer threatened…
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Easier access for importers
Federal government updates Customs Self Assessment program.
