Canadian arrested at border with $6.5M of Ecstasy

USA TODAY - Online - 8/11/08

PORT HURON, Michigan (AP) — A Canadian man smuggling nearly 200 pounds of Ecstasy has been arrested entering the United States.

Forty-three-year-old Joseph Bennett of Scarborough, Ontario, was arrested Friday evening at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron.

Authorities say Bennett's truck was selected for a random search and a canine team uncovered a stash of pills behind the dashboard.

A total of 58 bags containing over 275,000 pills of Ecstasy were found.
A Customs and Border Protection spokesman says the haul's street value is $6.5 million or more.

A message seeking comment was left for Andrew Wise, who represented Bennett at a detention hearing Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit. A preliminary examination is scheduled for Aug

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