Thread: $3.6 million in cocaine seized at the Canada-US border

$3.6m in cocaine seized at the Canada-US border

Police say the drugs were destined for the streets of Toronto...

Posted on 5/14/2015 by Dave Bradley




Cocaine, destined for the streets of Toronto, will never be delivered.

The Toronto Police Drug Squad got involved with an investigation of cocaine being shipped from the US to Canada, inside transport trailers.

Police claim one shipment, in particular was broken up at an Alberta land border crossing. Those drugs were destined for the streets of Toronto.

Cops say they seized 36 kilos of cocaine and some methamphetamine, worth an estimated $3.6 million.

Police say two of the markings found on the cocaine resemble a star and a dolphin, while the third marking was unrecognizable.


http://www.newstalk1010.com/news/201....eiJ5NxId.dpuf

$5 million worth of cocaine seized from truck in Riverside County

About $5 million worth of cocaine was seized from a big rig in Riverside County, authorities said.
(Riverside County District Attorney's Office)


By MATT HAMILTON contact the reporter

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$5 million worth of cocaine seized from truck in Riverside County

Nearly 350 pounds of cocaine worth about $5 million was seized from a hidden compartment in a big rig, Riverside County prosecutors announced Thursday.

The drug seizure occurred during a police traffic stop about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in Norco, according to the district attorney's office.

A police dog led authorities to 156 brick-sized parcels of cocaine stored behind a fake compartment wall in the trailer of a truck stopped near 6th Street and the 15 Freeway, prosecutors said.

Investigators arrested the big rig's driver, Samer Karanouh, a 44-year-old Canadian national, who is being held in lieu of $1-million bail in a county jail, prosecutors said.

The drug sting arose from an investigation by federal and local authorities into trafficking by Mexican cartels into the U.S., according to the district attorney's office.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...navtype=outfit