Thread: 2 Canadians Arrested in Marijuana Smuggling Case

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2 Canadians Arrested in Marijuana Smuggling Case on Olympic Peninsula

CBP Collaborative Effort Nets 547 Pounds ‘B.C. Bud’

(Tuesday, June 01, 2010)

Port Angeles, Wash. - Two Canadian nationals were arrested early Monday morning, May 31, when U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents and Marine Interdiction agents apprehended the men following a high-speed marine chase in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Kyle Grayson Gadsby, 25, and Colin Charles Crowe, 26, both of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, were initially spotted by Border Patrol agents about 1:30 a.m. yesterday coming ashore with large bales west of Port Angeles along State Route 112. When the agents attempted to apprehend the pair, Gadsby and Crowe jumped back into their vessel and headed north.

A CBP Office of Air and Marine vessel intercepted the fleeing vessel after a three minute chase. The two Canadians were returned to Border Patrol agents waiting on the shore and the Marine Interdiction agents searched and discovered eight bundles containing 547 pounds of marijuana floating in the water nearby. The marijuana and vessel were seized and the two Canadians arrested.

Blaine Border Patrol Sector Chief John C. Bates emphasized the cooperation between the various agencies responsible for maritime security in the area including the U.S. Coast Guard and the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team. “Many of the areas on the Olympic Peninsula are very remote and the geography makes it difficult for any single law enforcement agency, federal, state or local, to deal with the ongoing threat of narcotics smuggling and distribution,â€

This is nothing new. The marijuana grown in British Columbia is high quality as it is grown hydroponically and this is more potent.

Originally Posted by swatchick

This is nothing new. The marijuana grown in British Columbia is high quality as it is grown hydroponically and this is more potent.

Better quality means less will be used and since the weed is grown in Canada there are no violent drug cartels involved in the production, killing innocent people. like the Mexicans. People are going to take the smarter choice between pot and alcohol, and that is pot. It's here to stay, fighting it is futile. Way too much money goes to fight pot and more just keeps coming, legalize it already.