Trucker faces charges after 265kg of drugs seized at Ontario border crossing

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A truck driver faces drug trafficking charges after about 265kg of suspected narcotics were seized from his vehicle at the Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward, Ont. last month.

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Suspected narcotics seized at the Blue Water Bridge on Jan. 13. (Photo: CBSA)

On Jan. 13, a commercial transport truck driver arrived at the border crossing and was referred to secondary examination, a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) press release said Wednesday.

CBSA officers discovered suspected heroin, 2 c-b (commonly referred to as pink cocaine) and methamphetamines in large garbage bags and spare tires.

The RCMP took custody of the suspected narcotics and charged the 23-year-old suspect from Quebec City, Que.

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Leo Barros is the associate editor of Today’s Trucking. He has been a journalist for more than two decades, holds a CDL and has worked as a longhaul truck driver. Reach him at leo@newcom.ca