Brampton trucker arrested in $6.5M drug bust at border
A truck driver from Brampton, Ont., was arrested after Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers found hundreds of kilograms of suspected cocaine worth approximately $6.5 million in his truck.
On Sept. 26, 2023, a commercial truck driver arrived at the primary inspection booth at the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge port of entry in Niagara-on-the Lake, Ont.
The vehicle and driver were referred for secondary examination, and CBSA officers discovered 202 brick-shaped objects. The objects tested positive for suspected cocaine with a total weight of 233 kg.
The driver was arrested by the CBSA and transferred to the custody of the RCMP Border Integrity Unit, along with the suspected narcotics.
A thorough investigation followed and on Dec. 19, 2023 the RCMP charged 35-year-old trucker with importation of cocaine and possession for the purpose of trafficking. He has been released with strict conditions. A court date is scheduled for Feb. 2, at the Robert S.K. Welch Courthouse in St. Catharines, Ont.
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as far as I am concern you are absolutly right, keep theses bandits in jail and for a long time and if the come as immigrant just return them in their country we will save tax payer money and get these guys out of the country we have enought of our bandits here no need to import some more
Convict him, lock him up, then deport him!
Why was he even granted bail? The driver should be held in custody until his trial. I would also suggest that the enforcement branch should be investigating the trucking companies’ senior management group.
Catch and release should apply to fishing, not serious criminal activity. As long as there are no real and immediate repercussions, this will continue.
Why was he released?
Time to keep some people in jail who would willingly destroy the lives of others.
Same with the people who steal vehicles, the police have identified them, caught them red handed, they get charged, and they are out of the street the next day.
Now, they have nothing to lose, so they go on stealing cars to make some more money!!!!!!
Our justice system is not about justice, but sides on the side of the crook, to everyone else’s detriment!!!!